Bug 76338 – Can not boot the system when there is no drive in /dev/hda.

Bug 76338 - Can not boot the system when there is no drive in /dev/hda.

Summary:	Can not boot the system when there is no drive in /dev/hda.

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	8.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Arjan van de Ven
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Reported:	2002-10-20 05:12 EDT by Ivo Sarak
Modified:	2008-08-01 12:22 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-09-30 11:40:06 EDT
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Description Ivo Sarak 2002-10-20 05:12:51 EDT

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Description of problem:
It is not possible to boot from partitions on /dev/hdX (X>a) when there is no
drive in /dev/hda.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
This problem has been on every RedHat Linux I ever tried.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
0.Install a drive to /dev/hda and install a RedHat Linux to it;
1.Move drive form /dev/hda to /dev/hdb;
2.Change the appropriate /etc/fstab, /boot/grub/grub.conf and /etc/lilo.conf
settings from /dev/hda to /dev/hdb;
3.Set the BIOS to boot from IDE1 or "other devices";
4.Try to boot the system;
	

Actual Results:  RedHat Linux is unable to start.

Expected Results:  System up and running as in case of drive being at /dev/hda.

Additional info:

Result is the same even if to try install RedHat Linux directly to /dev/hdb from
scratch.

Also, if to boot up the system from floppy and drive being at /dev/hdb, the df
will report the partitions as /dev/hda.

Comment 1 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 11:40:06 EDT

Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/

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