Hello SuSErs - i have just tumbleweed installed new Kernel 3.6.0-3-desktop { until now, no problems mounting partitions of /dev/sda drive } ...................... my system boots SATA drive HDB my backup ATA disk was until now. seen by my system as HDA ....................... command fdisk -l results in output : ____________ Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000bf499 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 63 146802032 73400985 83 Linux /dev/sda2 146802033 461370735 157284351+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 461370736 471861180 5245222+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 * 471861181 625137344 76638082 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000265f2 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 63 585938744 292969341 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 585938745 1171877489 292969372+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 1171877490 1181645009 4883760 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sdb4 * 1181645010 1767583754 292969372+ 83 Linux ........................................ my /etc/fstab looks as it was. and has entries : /dev/sda1 /mnt_cron auto noauto, user 0 0 /dev/sda2 /mnt_cron auto noauto, user 0 0 /dev/sda4 /mnt_cron auto noauto, user 0 0 .................. the Device entries are : ls -la /dev/sda* brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Oct 5 11:59 /dev/sda brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Oct 5 12:08 /dev/sda1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 2 Oct 5 12:08 /dev/sda2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 3 Oct 5 12:08 /dev/sda3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 4 Oct 5 12:07 /dev/sda4 ......................................................... all the SDA partitions say "is not a valid block device". ..................................... Any ideas please how to solve the problem ? thanks best regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org