Hi Abhijit, On Nov 16, 2007 12:39 PM, Abhijeet Anant Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi , > I am facing a strange problem . with the harddisk detection when using > Fedora > Core and slackware 12. > > When i install Fedora core 7 on my HP dc7600 machine . The harddisks are > detected as "hda". If I install slackware 12 on the same machine the > harddisks are detected as "sda". > > I am not sure why this is happening. This is causing me a lot of grief > because > when ever i download the latest kernel on the slackware setup and compile > it > correctly. the newer kernel detects the hardisk as "hda" and not "sda" . > > The /etc/fstab file for mounting the partitions will be wrong in case of > newer kernel and booting does not work for my newer kernels. My newer > kernels > all boot fine on fedore core 7 based machines. > One solution would be to not use /dev/(hda/sda) in fstab at all. Use LABEL (which can be set by tune2s) or uuid from /dev/disk//dev/disk/by-uuid/ > I am using the .config file found on the slackware 12 install CD. > I then run "make oldconfig" on the same config and then proceed with > compilations. > > Let me know if i am forgetting to set some options in "make menuconfig" > waiting for u r response. > Not sure about this, but will enabling libata make a difference ? A diff of both the .config files might give some hint. HTH. CMIIW. Best regards, Pranav -------------------------------------------------------- If it's not tested, it's broken. - Bruce Eckel -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
