RE: Ubuntu can't see usb drive

If you change drive order in the bios, then linux can label the drives
differently. /dev/sda becomes /dev/sdb, etc.

That's why newer versions Ubuntu uses the drive's UUID in /ect/fstab instead
of device names. And you can do that too - just google UUID and look at your
own /etc/fstab and other examples on the web.





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