SATA internal disk and external drive - device changes

[Jack Bowling]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 08:02:31PM -0500, Ed Jabbour wrote:
> Internal SATA drive designated as sdax.  I attached an external hard drive 
> enclosure via USB.  Instantly recognized as sdb.  I formatted the external 
> and successfully transferred files back and forth.  However, on a reboot with 
> the external left on, I have the internal as sdbx and the external as sdc and 
> sdc1.  Turned the external off and rebooted and I get sda and sdb.  Any 
> advice, hints, pointers, etc. appreciated.  Relevant fstab entry:
> 
> /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external ext3 user,atime,noauto,rw,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
> 
> Lastly, the external is one partition; I thought so, anyway.  Why sdb and 
> sdb1?  sdb won't mount - wrong fs type, bad superblock stuff.  Did not format 
> correctly?


This thread might be pertinent:

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-572350.html

Jack