Correction: to list the label it is "e2label /dev/sda1" without the -L
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Shane O'Cain <[email protected]> wrote: > Turns out that the random boot was not related to drive detection > order, or comBIOS. Both drives had the same label and grub was > configured to boot with root=LABEL=ROOT_FS set by Voyage install. I > changed grub title so I always knew which disk bios was booting first, > and it was always detecting the mSATA card first. Since both were > labeled ROOT_FS that was causing the inconsistency. Just to help > others that may encounter this, here's some options: > > If you want to continue to boot with labels, which may be preferable > so /dev/sd? doesn't matter, then change the label by running "e2label > /dev/sda1 LABELNAME" (Label can be checked with "e2label -L /dev/sda1" > > After labeling both disks that my menu.lst looked like: > title Voyage Linux 0.8 - 1st Disk (CURRENTLY ON SSD) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz root=LABEL=SSD console=ttyS0,9600n8 > initrd /initrd.img > > title Voyage Linux 0.8 - 2nd Disk > root (hd1,0) > kernel /vmlinuz root=LABEL=USB console=ttyS0,9600n8 > initrd /initrd.img > > To leave labels as-is, and boot with /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1, etc then > just change menu.lst to "root=/dev/sda1", etc. > > title Voyage Linux 0.8 - /dev/sda1 > root (hd1,0) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 console=ttyS0,9600n8 > initrd /initrd.img > > title Voyage Linux 0.8 - /dev/sdb1 > root (hd1,0) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1 console=ttyS0,9600n8 > initrd /initrd.img > > Voyage is Debian based, and I know others such as RedHat use different > methods regarding this grub setting, so this may not work in all > distros or scenarios. > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Shane O'Cain <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am setting up a net6501 with the mSSD as primary boot drive with USB as a >> backup. Boot order is set to 80 81 ,etc as comes default. Both will boot >> fine but problem is that sometimes SSD is detected as hd0 but then hd1 >> others, not giving me consistency with which drive is booting per boot drive >> settings. Is there something that can be done? >> >> Thanks, >> Shane _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
