on 2/14/2008 10:38 AM Steven Haigh spake the following: > I have found the issue with this - and now I feel quite dumb. > > In this box, I keep a second HDD (/dev/hdc) which is mirrored nightly from > the primary HDD (/dev/hda). > > This is an exact copy - initially created via dd, then kept up to date via > rsync on a nightly basis. This is so that if the primary HDD fails, I can > change the system to use /dev/hdc and be up and running after a > reboot/forced power cycle. > > What was happening is that both /dev/hda3 and /dev/hdc3 have the LABEL=/ - > which means it would be a random guess as to which one got mounted. > > After changing the root=LABEL=/ in grub.conf to root=/dev/hda3, all works > perfectly. > > Man I miss the days when we used device names, not labels ;) > > -- Why not do a software raid with the drives? That way it is constantly up to date instead of a nightly rsync. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080214/df764de1/attachment-0005.sig>