Re: Strange boot with multiple identical disks

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:28:48 PST, Konstantin Kudin <konstantin_kudin@xxxxxxxxx>  said:

>  Now I am trying to add the failing one as /hdc, and
> boot. Linux starts to display all kinds of weird
> messages, and thinks that / partition was shut down
> uncleanly. I just hit "reset". Then I disable /hdc via
> the boot option hdc=noprobe, and things boot fine. If
> I try to disable raid via raid=noautodetect, the bunch
> of errors still appears and the boot is no go. Done
> this several times, without /hdc things are fine, with
> - all kinds of issues.
> 
>  What is the problem for linux to boot on /hda when
> /hdc is detected and has almost identical setup? 

Sometimes, the LABEL= support is your enemy.  You probably have
multiple partitions with the same LABEL=, and your /etc/fstab is
picking up the "wrong" ones.  Try giving partition names instead.

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