I've run into this with ZFS on Linux. The 'blkid' is useful to identify the target device and then add that to your fstab. I don't use device names at all anymore, too ambiguous (depending on the circumstance) in my opinion. On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 3:04 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > On 5/24/2016 2:08 PM, Pat Haley wrote: > >> >> We are running Centos 6.7 - 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64 on a Quanta >> Cirrascale, up to date with patches. We have had a couple of instances in >> which the hard drives have become renamed after reboot (e.g. drive sda is >> renamed to sdc after reboot). One time this occurred when we rebooted >> following the installation of a 10GB NIC card, another time after we tried >> to install mellanox drivers (MLNX_OFED_LINUX-3.2-2.0.0.0-rhel6.7-x86_64). >> Currently we are unable to boot because that drive has been renamed. >> >> Our questions are >> >> * Has anyone else experienced similar issues? >> * What can we do to prevent such renaming in the future >> > > > don't use device names in your fstab, use labels, or use LVM, or whatever. > > > > -- > john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >