On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Bob S <911@sanctum.com> wrote:
Hello SuSE people,
Downloaded the 11.2 build and was going to upgrade my 11.0 test bed.
I have three drives with several versions on them. sda with windows and a bunch of storage. sdb with 11.0 sdc1 with 10.2 and sdc8 with 10.3
When I went to upgrade 11.0 TO 11.2 the installer listed the drives this way:
sda1 as 10.2 and sda8 as 10,3 No mention of sdb sdc as 11.0
I was afraid to continue for fear of overwriting something else. Anybody else seeing this? Is it a change again?
Bob S
Bob, The old /dev/hda scheme was tied to the physical structure of the machine, so it could be trusted to be constant. 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. 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) /boot/grub/device.map, and /boot/grub/menu.lst (I don't know of anything but an editor to handle those.) 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. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org