On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Grant Edwards
<grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just recently I've run in to problems because my hard drives are not
> detected in a predictable order, so my fstab that mount /dev/sdb1 and
> /dev/sdc1 sometimes result in directory trees in the wrong places
> (/dev/sda seems consistent, but I don't know why).
>
> What's the recommended way to fix this?
>
> --
> Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Boy, am I glad it's
> at only 1971...
> gmail.com
Did you possibly update your kernel? You might want to run smartctl
and see if any drives are developing problems.
Check out blkid for more device info and mount either by label or UUID
for more reliability.
- Mark
c2stable ~ # /sbin/blkid -o list
device fs_type label mount point UUID
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/sdb1 ext2 (not mounted)
b9dd1fb9-5c7b-459c-a7fc-ca8ebe032fcc
/dev/sdb2 swap <swap>
2ea74bbb-8c1d-4a32-939d-512db4e40a54
/dev/sdb3 linux_raid_member c2stable:3 (in use)
de47f991-86d9-8467-0637-635b9c6d0591
/dev/sdb5 linux_raid_member (in use)
edb0ed65-6e87-b20e-dc0d-88ba780ef6a3
/dev/sdb6 linux_raid_member c2stable:6 (in use)
249c7331-a820-3540-c8f3-b020fb30a66b
/dev/sdb7 linux_raid_member c2stable:7 (in use)
ded5e0c6-1a5a-73ad-0194-9557bb4e015a
/dev/sdd2 linux_raid_member c2stable:7 (in use)
ded5e0c6-1a5a-73ad-0194-9557bb4e015a
/dev/sdd3 linux_raid_member c2stable:3 (in use)
de47f991-86d9-8467-0637-635b9c6d0591
/dev/sdd4 ext3 (not mounted)
d218024b-c219-4e79-8d65-51f13ec43a45
/dev/sde2 linux_raid_member c2stable:7 (in use)
ded5e0c6-1a5a-73ad-0194-9557bb4e015a
/dev/sde3 linux_raid_member c2stable:3 (in use)
de47f991-86d9-8467-0637-635b9c6d0591
/dev/sda1 ext2 boot (not mounted)
4efd04f2-839f-4e11-a32d-8fa25129b541
/dev/sda2 swap <swap>
ed41217e-abf4-4c60-a985-c0420eb054f3
/dev/sda3 linux_raid_member c2stable:3 (in use)
de47f991-86d9-8467-0637-635b9c6d0591
/dev/sda5 linux_raid_member (in use)
edb0ed65-6e87-b20e-dc0d-88ba780ef6a3
/dev/sda6 linux_raid_member c2stable:6 (in use)
249c7331-a820-3540-c8f3-b020fb30a66b
/dev/sda7 linux_raid_member c2stable:7 (in use)
ded5e0c6-1a5a-73ad-0194-9557bb4e015a
/dev/sdc1 ext2 (not mounted)
27f276fa-6f62-4769-b9d7-deb511dfc60a
/dev/sdc2 swap <swap>
0c6a1bd0-291e-4157-9b6a-67f7801c7a5e
/dev/sdc3 linux_raid_member c2stable:3 (in use)
de47f991-86d9-8467-0637-635b9c6d0591
/dev/sdc5 linux_raid_member (in use)
edb0ed65-6e87-b20e-dc0d-88ba780ef6a3
/dev/sdc6 linux_raid_member c2stable:6 (in use)
249c7331-a820-3540-c8f3-b020fb30a66b
/dev/sdc7 linux_raid_member c2stable:7 (in use)
ded5e0c6-1a5a-73ad-0194-9557bb4e015a
/dev/md126 ext3 /
d55d673f-76d8-41ec-8dda-908287a97e42
/dev/md3 ext4 RAID6root (not mounted)
80c3ebf0-d92f-415f-a6d7-1cdb1ceab593
/dev/md7 ext3 VirtualMachines /VirtualMachines
eb5f3040-4114-442e-8d34-16859e720310
/dev/md6 ext3 (not mounted)
be24fdaa-dfb5-461e-8232-bb236fe6f1f3
c2stable ~ #
