Re: Strange boot with multiple identical disks

[Konstantin Kudin <konstantin_kudin@yahoo.com>]

--- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:28:48 PST, Konstantin Kudin
> <konstantin_kudin@yahoo.com>  said:
> 
> >  Now I am trying to add the failing one as /hdc,
> and
> > boot. Linux starts to display all kinds of weird
> > messages, and thinks that / partition was shut
> down
> > uncleanly. I just hit "reset". Then I disable /hdc
> via
> > the boot option hdc=noprobe, and things boot fine.
> If
> > I try to disable raid via raid=noautodetect, the
> bunch
> > of errors still appears and the boot is no go.
> Done
> > this several times, without /hdc things are fine,
> with
> > - all kinds of issues.
> > 
> >  What is the problem for linux to boot on /hda
> when
> > /hdc is detected and has almost identical setup? 
> 
> Sometimes, the LABEL= support is your enemy.  You
> probably have
> multiple partitions with the same LABEL=, and your
> /etc/fstab is
> picking up the "wrong" ones.  Try giving partition
> names instead.

 Thanks for the tips! At first I tried to correct
/etc/fstab (replaced LABEL=/ by /dev/hda6), but still
got the problem. Then I also edited /etc/grub.conf and
replaced LABEL by the device there, and things boot
fine now.
 
 Konstantin
 

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