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Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...?

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On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 4:42 PM, hobie of RMN wrote:
> Hi, All -
> 
> My brother has been issuing "mount /dev/sdb1" prior to backing up some
> files to a second hard disk.  He lately upgraded to 'testing', and it
> appears (from result of running df) that what the system now calls
> /dev/sdb1 is what he has thought of as /dev/sda1, the system '/'
> partition.
> 
> Thanks to the UUID= mechanism, his system still boots properly, but 'mount
> /dev/sdb1' is inappropriate now, could even be the path to madness. :)
> 
> Two questions, then: (1) What caused this shift of device naming? And (2)
> How do we fix it?  Is this something that can be changed in the BIOS? 
> But, if so, what caused it to change in the first place?
> 
> Thanks for your time and attenton.

The /dev/sdx names for devices have been unpredictable for quite a while.  Which one is sda and which sdb will depend on things like timing -- which one gets recognized by the kernel first.

The best solution is to either use UUID or LABEL when you fsck and/or mount the device.  So:

1) Use "df" to find out the device name that the kernel decided to use for your backup disk this time.  Let's assume it's /dev/sda1.

2) label that device with the "tune2fs" command (assuming your device contains an ext[234] filesystem.  If not, check the man pages for the filesystem you are using.)  e.g. "tune2fs -L BACKUP /dev/sda1".

3) then when you want to mount or fsck  the device (you do fsck it before mounting it, right?) use "LABEL=BACKUP" instead of "/dev/sdb1".
        fsck LABEL=BACKUP
        mount LABEL=BACKUP
4) If you're into typing long strings of random characters, you can instead skip the label step and do
        fsck UUID=..................
        mount UUID=..................
But that's only for masochists, IMHO.

In any case, read the man pages before you try anything, so you'll know what your doing.

Enjoy!
Rick

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Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? "hobie of RMN" <hobie@rumormillnews.com> - 2020-08-18 01:50 +0200
  Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-18 03:30 +0200
    Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? "hobie of RMN" <hobie@rumormillnews.com> - 2020-08-18 06:10 +0200
      Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2020-08-18 08:40 +0200
        Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2020-08-18 10:30 +0200
          Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-08-18 11:40 +0200
            Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-08-18 12:20 +0200
          Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-08-18 11:40 +0200
      Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-18 12:10 +0200
  Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? "Rick Thomas" <rick.thomas@pobox.com> - 2020-08-18 10:40 +0200
    Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2020-08-18 20:40 +0200
      Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-18 22:00 +0200
        Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2020-08-19 08:10 +0200
          Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-19 10:40 +0200
            Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? Urs Thuermann <urs@isnogud.escape.de> - 2020-08-19 12:10 +0200
              Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-19 23:50 +0200
                Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-08-20 09:50 +0200
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                Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-08-20 17:40 +0200
                Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-08-20 22:40 +0200
                Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-08-20 23:40 +0200
                Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-08-21 00:00 +0200
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                Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-08-21 10:40 +0200
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