On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 02:39:40PM +0200, curtm notellingyou wrote: > i am not quite sure what is going on, but my > harddrive, managed by the libata + ata_piix drivers is > randomly reinitialzing and after doing that no longer > accessable for the kernel by its old name /dev/sda but > /dev/sdb. this is indeed very strange, since it never > has happend before. i am running etch with all updates > that have gone out.
I'd guess its a sign of the drive beginning to fail. If you haven't, install smartmontools and run some tests on the disk. > > has anyone ever had a same problem - maybe in the last > days, when a kernel update went out it must be after > 2.6.18-4-686? try running an older kernel (assuming you have one lying around) and see if that helps. That would help determine whether its hardware or software problem. A -- current song: Ice-T - This One's for Me
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