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Re: hard disk device name change after reboot



On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 10:49:49PM +0800, hhding.gnu wrote:
> hi list,
> 
> I run Debian 4.1.2-13 on Dell PowerEdge 650 with kernel
> 2.6.21-2-686. When I install the debian, the device name of partition
> is hda1, hda2. After install, I reboot it for times and it works. One
> day, I find it fail to reboot, after waiting for root filesystem for a
> while, Debian drop to shell(busybox). Then I notice the device name of
> hard disk has automaticly changed to hde1,hde2. some times, the
> devices name is changed to others like hdg1, hdg2, etc. after reboot.
> 
> What's the problem then? Can I fix the device name? Any clue for it
> is appreciated. :-)
> 

Not sure specifically what is causing this problem, but in the
meantime, switch to using LABEL's or UUID's to identify disks. That
way you can continue booting until you figure it out.

A

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