These links may be of help although i personally support Kris's comments..<br><br><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=246506">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=246506</a> (Some ideas about changing the name for USB HD, the technique is similar for normal hard disk too)
<br><br><a href="http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Partition.html">http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Partition.html</a> ( Linux partition Guide)<br><br>Regards,<br>Renjith<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 23/01/2008,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Kris Douglas</b> <<a href="mailto:webbox.uk@gmail.com">webbox.uk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 23/01/2008, Vitorio Okio <<a href="mailto:ovitorio@hotmail.com">ovitorio@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I've deleted with GParted unwanted Dell Utility partition sited the first<br>> on my HDD. This partition was set as /dev/sda1, so all others followed
<br>> correspondignly: /dev/sda2, /dev/sda3, etc.<br>><br>> Now after deleting and booting back in Ubuntu my now first partition is<br>> still marked as /dev/sda2. And all others follow.<br>><br>> How can I change this? I would like my first partition being set /dev/
<br>> sda1, etc.?<br>><br>> Thank you.<br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br>> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br>><br><br>That's the FSTAB mount points, I don't know if the OS would like these
<br>being changed, as GRUB bases its boot on these mount points... I'm not<br>sure, anybody else?<br><br>--<br>Kris Douglas<br> Softdel Limited Hosting Services<br> Web: <a href="http://www.softdel.net">www.softdel.net
</a><br> Mail: <a href="mailto:kris@softdel.net">kris@softdel.net</a><br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></blockquote></div><br>