On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:55:07PM -0000, Paul wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have a 500 GB hard drive that I use to install distros for testing
> > purposes. I am having trouble with two partitions. I have Fedora 14,
> > LMDE, OpenSuSE 11.4 and Ubuntu Natty installed. I have grub written to
> > the drive (sdg) MBR and not the MBR of sda. Here is the problem,
> > Fedora and LMDE load fine, but openSuSE and Natty do not. I get an
> > error there is no string-of-alphanumerics for the UUID and it can't
> > find the kernel. These are new partitions and can't understand why the
> > UUIDs would mess up.
> >
> >
> You do not have to use UUIDs but instead can use volume labels.
>
> http://lissot.net/partition/ext2fs/labels.html
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> This is the popular method of getting out of UUID HDD hell.
>
> It also works with hda > sda nonsense as well.
Yes, Fedora updates seem to occasionally break UUIDs. I always fix it
by using the /dev/sdX method, which for me, at least, has been the
simplest way.
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