On Ma, 04 iun 13, 16:39:05, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > sorry, but I think that you didn't understand: my BIOS perfectly detects all > existing drives, as > 1/ they are all listed in the BIOS "general" and "hard disc" menus > 2/ I was able to put the good one in the boot sequence. The BIOS is just software and does have its own share of bugs. > 3/ I imagine that if a disc is not detected by the BIOS, it's difficult > to use it in the OS, after the boot. No, the Linux kernel can use it just fine (it does re-detection). > You also said that the "disc numbering is not consistent with each reboot" > This is not true for internal discs. It may be consistent for you, but it is not guaranteed to work for everybody. > So, the use of UUID in fstab is > mandatory for external drives, but not for internal. I think UUIDs or LABELs are a good ideea for any drives. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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