Re: [tlug] Hangup on etch boot

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Charles Muller wrote:

> I also confirmed that without my fstab entry, the drive is 
> still assigned the same address of "/dev/sdb1". 

Although not likely, it's possible that sometimes your computer 
assigns /dev/sda as your USB drive and /dev/sdb as your real SCSI 
drive. That quickly goes no where when trying to 
mount /dev/sdax partitions of your USB drive. 

Now for an aside about nomenclature. 
/dev/sdb1 is the _name_ (not address) of a _partition_ (not drive). 
/dev/sdb is the name of a _drive_. 
What Linux folks call a mere partition (of a drive), 
Windows folks often call a drive.