fdisk also gives some disk id. You can also use boot script like this to static numerize your drives:
rm /dev/myhdd-0 /dev/myhdd-1 m=`cat /sys/block/sda/device/model` if test "$m" = "HDD0MODEL"; then ln -s sda /dev/myhdd-0 ln -s sdb /dev/myhdd-1 else ln -s sdb /dev/myhdd-0 ln -s sda /dev/myhdd-1 fi Then enter /dev/myhdd-0 /dev/myhdd-1 in your fstab. -- Get literate, get enlighted - read Orwell's very exciting, interesting, beautiful novel "1984" and Fromm's anti-fascist book "Escape from Freedom".