I don't use Ubuntu, but I assume it uses Grub. You can have Grub use UUIDs, that's actually what I do. title distro root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz26-bfs root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/fdgsfdg-gre-491c-gegre-gregrege quiet vga=773 resume=/dev/sda1 ro initrd /boot/kernel26-bfs.img *Jeremy MountainJohnson* jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com <mailto:jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> On 12/30/2010 04:22 PM, gregwm wrote: > if i understand correctly, a client of mine has a relatively new > serverbox that has a curious problem, when it boots up it is > inconsistent which disc is sda and which is sdb. anyone heard of this > interesting feature? with the now standard UUID defs in /etc/fstab > linux is unperturbed, as long as it boots at all, which is the > problem. can anyone guide me to installing working mbr's on both, > using jaunty grub (0.97-29ubuntu53), in a reliable manner, as site > visits are out of the question.. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list