trouble adding another harddrive.

[Mumia W.]

On 09/13/2008 04:52 PM, lists wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i want to add another harddrive, but if i do it ubuntu refuse to start. :(
> 
> i have 2x 120 GB IDE drive (/dev/sda & /dev/sdb).
> 
> now i want to add a 320 GB SATA drive but i see that the newly installed 
> drive is /dev/sda.
> 
> how do i fix this?
> 
> greets
> 

See if you can configure your BIOS to sequence the SATA drives after the 
IDE drives; that should let the SATA drive be recognized as /dev/sdc or 
something else later than /dev/sdb.

If that's not possible, you can use UUID values to help you boot. I 
can't say for sure that will work if you use an initrd rather than an 
initramfs, but it's worth a try. By default, Ubuntu sets you up with an 
initrd.