You can also define it in fstab by using udev uuid or id: UUID=32aaec89-2ed8-4xx6-a8fd-c2a0f8xxxxxf / noatime /dev/disk/by-id/name / noatime On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:44 -0600, "Jeremy MountainJohnson" <jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote: > I don't use Ubuntu, but I assume it uses Grub. You can have Grub use > UUIDs, that's actually what I do. > > title distro > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz26-bfs > root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/fdgsfdg-gre-491c-gegre-gregrege quiet vga=773 > resume=/dev/sda1 ro > initrd /boot/kernel26-bfs.img > > *Jeremy MountainJohnson* > jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com > <mailto:jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> > > > 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.. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >