On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:55:07PM -0000, Paul wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > > > I have a 500 GB hard drive that I use to install distros for testing > > purposes. I am having trouble with two partitions. I have Fedora 14, > > LMDE, OpenSuSE 11.4 and Ubuntu Natty installed. I have grub written to > > the drive (sdg) MBR and not the MBR of sda. Here is the problem, > > Fedora and LMDE load fine, but openSuSE and Natty do not. I get an > > error there is no string-of-alphanumerics for the UUID and it can't > > find the kernel. These are new partitions and can't understand why the > > UUIDs would mess up. > > > > > You do not have to use UUIDs but instead can use volume labels. > > http://lissot.net/partition/ext2fs/labels.html > > This is the popular method of getting out of UUID HDD hell. > > It also works with hda > sda nonsense as well.
Yes, Fedora updates seem to occasionally break UUIDs. I always fix it by using the /dev/sdX method, which for me, at least, has been the simplest way. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Giles: Demons after money. Whatever happened to the still-beating heart of a virgin? No one has any standards anymore. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
