On Tuesday 19 May 2009 04:57:35 pm Greg Freemyer wrote: .<old message snipped>.........
Bob,
The old /dev/hda scheme was tied to the physical structure of the machine, so it could be trusted to be constant.
Yeah, I remember. Had an hda, an hdb, and an sda at one of the iterations, I think at the install of 10.2. Then I think they all became sdx at the install of 10.3
The new /dev/sda scheme has the names assignedthe order of the drivers loaded. Consistency is not even a goal of the new design.
So you have to switch to using one of the /dev/disk/by-* designations for your disk.
I do use disk/bylabel but that doesn't change the drive designation or help you identify a drive during the installation phase.
Yes, I too find it very frustrating, especially since opensuse does not even include a real tool for converting the various references. Please go vote for the fate entry about this. https://features.opensuse.org/306321
You need to update /etc/fstab (can be done via the yast2-partitioner)
?? That statement confuses me. You mean on all of my existing installs? and after the new upgrade?
/boot/grub/device.map, and /boot/grub/menu.lst (I don't know of anything but an editor to handle those.)
Same as above? The editing doesn't bother me, assuming I can get to them.
The fate entry does not discuss these last 2, but it should. Feel free to add that if you go look at it. I already have 2 comments, so it would be nice is new name were adding comments. It will make it look of more general interest.
I will take a look and definitely add my comments. This is really getting to be a PITA. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org