[PLUG] Problem in Slackware 12 ?

[Pranav Peshwe]

Hi Abhijit,

On Nov 16, 2007 12:39 PM, Abhijeet Anant Sane <abhijit.sane at symphonysv.com>
wrote:

> hi ,
> I am facing a strange problem . with the harddisk detection when using
> Fedora
> Core and slackware 12.
>
> When i install Fedora core 7 on my HP dc7600 machine . The harddisks are
> detected as "hda". If I install slackware 12 on the same machine the
> harddisks are detected as "sda".
>
> I am not sure why this is happening. This is causing me a lot of grief
> because
> when ever i download the latest kernel on the slackware setup and compile
> it
> correctly. the newer kernel detects the hardisk as "hda" and not "sda" .
>

> The /etc/fstab file for mounting the partitions will be wrong in  case of
> newer kernel and booting does not work for my newer kernels. My newer
> kernels
> all boot fine on fedore core 7 based machines.
>

One solution would be to not use /dev/(hda/sda) in fstab at all.
Use LABEL (which can be set by tune2s) or uuid from
/dev/disk//dev/disk/by-uuid/


> I am using the .config file found on the slackware 12 install CD.
> I then run "make oldconfig" on the same config and then proceed with
> compilations.
>
> Let me know if i am forgetting to set some options in "make menuconfig"
> waiting for u r response.
>

Not sure about this, but will enabling libata make a difference ? A diff of
both the .config files might give some hint.

HTH. CMIIW.

Best regards,
Pranav

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