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Old 12-11-2008, 05:14 PM   #1
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Hi to all ,
I have fedora 9 installed on a system iam running as a server at home.
i have an external hard drive that mounted i even added it to /etc/fstab .

the problem is sometimes when my system reboots it renames the /dev/sdb which is the External to /dev/sdc, and then it dose not mount on my system , Just need some help .

thank you guys .. take care .

reagrds .
MaaS
 
Old 12-11-2008, 06:52 PM   #2
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One possibility.

You can mount the drive by drive id.

If you need to make it stop changing names sdb/sdc you can write a 'udev rule.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...oddity-563356/
 
Old 12-11-2008, 07:20 PM   #3
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You can mount the drive by drive id.

If you need to make it stop changing names sdb/sdc you can write a 'udev rule.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...oddity-563356/

thank u .
 
Old 12-11-2008, 09:38 PM   #4
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np :)

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