I have been following this thread for a while.
someone occurred to me just now:

is there a possibility that the machine, in question, might be 
"infected" (rootkitted, etc) and that is what keeps reverting the drive map?

just a thought.


On Monday 27 March 2006 22:30, bmike101@cox.net wrote:
> So are you saying that it should look like this:
>
>
> /dev/hda1 / ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> #/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> /dev/hda4 /home ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> /dev/sda1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
> # Dynamic entries
> /dev/hda3 /data ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
>
> But what about the fact that these partitons were not
> previously named this? Would this make a difference?
>
> What about the 'Dynamic entries'? Does that mean/do
> anything?
>
>  Why is it behaving like this now and not before?
>
> > From: Jerry Davis <jdawgaz@cox.net>
> > Date: 2006/03/27 Mon PM 06:48:50 PST
> > To: Main PLUG discussion list
>
> <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>
> > Subject: Re: hda2 error
> >
> > On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:08:32 -0800
> >
> > <bmike101@cox.net> wrote:
> > > I figured something out! When I was asked for my fstab
>
> I
>
> > > gave you all the fstab of the live cd. The fstab of
>
> the hd
>
> > > was:
> > > /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> > > /dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> > > /dev/sda1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
> > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> > > none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
> > > # Dynamic entries
> > > /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> > >
> > > I changed it to
> > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> > > #/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> > > /dev/hda4 /mnt/hda4 ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1
> > > /dev/sda1 swap swap sw,pri=1 0 0
> > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
> > > none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
> > > # Dynamic entries
> > > /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
> > >
> > > When I changed it I had so hoped that this would fix
>
> it
>
> > > yet it did not!
> > > What else do I need to do?
> > >
> > > for your information here is my setup:
> > > hda1 = root
> > > hda4 = home
> > > hda3 = data
> >
> > well you are ALL screwed up. the setup you intended to
>
> have and what
>
> > if /dev/hda1 is root then you should have
> > /dev/hda1 / (not /mnt/hda1)
> >
> > if /dev/hda4 is home then you should have
> > /dev/hda4 /home (not /mnt/hda4)
> >
> > if /dev/hda3 is data then you should have
> > /dev/hda3 /data or /mnt/hda3 if that is where you want
>
> it
>
> > where in the world did you get the above fstab from?
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > > > From: <bmike101@cox.net>
> > > > Date: 2006/03/27 Mon PM 05:19:18 PST
> > > > To: Main PLUG discussion list
> > >
> > > <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > >
> > > > Subject: hda2 error
> > > >
> > > > How strange; it happened again. I reninstalled the
>
> OS
>
> > > and,
> > >
> > > > as before, it loaded once. After it loads once and I
> > > > shutdown it seems to think that hda2 is back. It is
>
> as
>
> > > if
> > >
> > > > it won't accept hda1,3,&4 without 2. Does this make
>
> any
>
> > > > sense? I'll reload from the hd and look at fstab (if
>
> I
>
> > > > can).
> >
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