wwp wrote: > Hello there, > > > running a Fedora 8.. since I don't know when, my root partition is > randomly mounted as /dev/sda3 or /dev/sdc3. This breaks the mount > possibilities from within Nautilus, as it seems to be a complete mess > w/ detected devices (or remembered?) devices. > > It's a D810 laptop, w/ a SATA disk (usually sda, root sda3 and labelled > as '/' and swap as SWAP-sda4, sda1 and sda2 being NTFS). When I boot > the laptop w/ some USB disks connected (labelled storage3 and > storage4), I'll get random mount sequences. At the beginning the USB > disks were sdb and sdc and could be mounted w/o problem from Nautilus. > But I recently reboot and found that this has changed -> root is sdc3 > and one of the external USB disks is now sda1. > / and swap partitions are in fstab, storage3 and storage4 aren't. > > If that doesn't prevent the system from running fine, from within > Nautilus, I can't mount the external USB disk anymore, it seems that > nautilus remember that 'storage3' was 1st partition, but now it tries > to mount /dev/sda1, and fails w/: NTFS signature missing.. > > Any clues how I could get a fixed mounting sequence? Should I force a > specific device (/dev/sdc1) for the labelled partition 'storage3' for > instance (and how)? How can it be that the / partition doesn't get the > 1st /dev/sdX assignment? > > > Regards, > > SCSI drives are listed by order of discovery. (SATA drives are handled as SCSI drives.) You should not have USB drives discovered before your SATA drive. It almost sounds like you have the usb_storage module in your initrd file. You may also want to check /etc/modprobe.conf fo SCSI controller aliases. I normally let HAL mount USB drives - it uses the label for the mount point off the /media directory. It is possible to write HAL rules that mount specific drives on specific mount points. It is also possile to write udev rules that will mount the USB drive based on the partition label, just like your root directory is mounted. (You need to use the noauto option, so the system does not try to mount them on boot.) This should give you a couple of ways to try and solve the problem, or at least give someone else an idea on more troubleshooting. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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