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Re: External hdd changing device node mid-use



On 20.12.2010 9:15, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote:
> I have an external usb 2.0 LG hard disk. It is part of an md array which is in
> turn part of an lvm array. The strange thing is that while the drive is in
> use, it will suddenly change device nodes, for example from /dev/sda to
> /dev/sdb. This will cause the md driver to mark it as faulty. This is very
> disruptive. Why is this happening and how to solve it?
> 
> 

Difficult to say without access to the logs, maybe if you posted a piece of
your syslog and output of dmesg from around the moment the nodes changes. This
is a good place for long logs and stuff: http://pastebin.com/

-- 
Juha Tuuna


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