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Linux: Changing device names in /dev, causes problems on boot

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Mar 15, 202616290 views
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Problem

I have many disks and volumes in my system. Some of disks IDE, some SATA. Volumes on SATA disks cause me problems - I have them listed in , but on every boot, they have different name: becomes becomes etc. on every boot. 1) Why is this happening? 2) How can I prevent it? 3) If I can't, is there a w…

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Fix for: Linux: Changing device names in /dev, causes problems on boot

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It usually happens because devices get detected in a different order - especially when multiple different device technologies share the same name, such as SATA, SCSI and USB disks. They all share the /dev/sd* names, and they will change according to…

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