Bug#353299: usb stick install causes grub to try to boot from /dev/sdb instead of /dev/sda

2009-02-14 Thread Léo Côme
root r...@hed040-237.research.nokia.com said: During the install, the usb stick was considered /dev/sda, while the SATA harddrive was /dev/sdb. Everything worked fine until the first boot, in which the usb stick was removed, and the SATA hard drive became /dev/sda, which grub did not expect.

Bug#353299: Persistent device naming for disks

2009-02-14 Thread Léo Côme
After further reading, this is a well know issue (by Grub and DebianInstaller teams). Let call it Persistent device naming for disks. The aimed solution will be to use UUID by default. It is currently considered as a Major issue for D-I : http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SqueezeGoals