On Sunday 11 December 2005 19:50, Jan Schledermann wrote: > Jason Dunsmore wrote: > > once in a while (can be every couple days or every couple weeks), my > > usb hard drive changes from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb, and i see this in > > dmesg: > > <snip> > > > after that happens, i have to remount my usb hard drive under /dev/sdb. > > after a reboot, it's at /dev/sda again. this causes all kinds of > > problems, because i back up to that drive, so if it changes and i don't > > catch it, my root drive gets maxed out. i'm using the prebuilt > > 2.6.8-2-k7 kernel with sarge. > > > > any ideas how i can fix this? > > I have been using a couple of different usb sticks with kernels 2.6.12 - > 2.6.14 without any problems (on an intel platform). > Maybe you should upgrade your kernel. A number of usb related issues have > been resolved since 2.6.8.
I have had had that problem since 2.6.<10 and still it is in 2.6.15rc5. Honestly, randomly recommending upgrading the kernel doesn't help much. Anyone can try that (and it should be one of the first things they try). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
