On 12/30/2010 04:22 PM, gregwm wrote: > if i understand correctly, a client of mine has a relatively new > serverbox that has a curious problem, when it boots up it is > inconsistent which disc is sda and which is sdb. anyone heard of this > interesting feature? with the now standard UUID defs in /etc/fstab > linux is unperturbed, as long as it boots at all, which is the > problem. can anyone guide me to installing working mbr's on both, > using jaunty grub (0.97-29ubuntu53), in a reliable manner, as site > visits are out of the question.. > > # grub grub> device (hd0) /dev/hdg grub> root (hd0,0) grub> setup (hd0) grub> quit Replace /dev/hdg with /dev/sda then do again with /dev/sdb. Note that the root argument may be different, it'll be hd0 and then the partition of the root, may be 1 if swap or boot is first.