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I would continue with sde.<br />
Depending of what you do (like insert external USB sometimes) a drive could change from sda to sdb.<br />
Verify your /etc/fstab file, it is probably using disk UUID or Volume Groups and not mention your drive letter.<br />
If it doesnt mention it directly, you are good to go with it.
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I would continue with sde.
Depending of what you do (like insert external USB sometimes) a drive could change from sda to sdb.
Verify your /etc/fstab file, it is probably using disk UUID or Volume Groups and not mention your drive letter.
If it doesnt mention it directly, you are good to go with it.

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Thanks. &nbsp;Reboot got sdd back
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To prevent any type of mount fails I'd suggest you use UUID instead of the name.
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To prevent any type of mount fails I'd suggest you use UUID instead of the name.

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My server running Centos 5.1 software RAID 10 got its one hard drive failed (sdd). It was hot swappable so that was replaced with a new drive.<br />
Linux has now assigned a new drive letter to it sde instead of sdd. I don't want to reboot.<br />
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Is it possible to fix this?<br />
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Also what if I continue with sde and make partitions, add to RAID etc. Would the drive letter be changed whenever the machine is rebooted in the future?
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My server running Centos 5.1 software RAID 10 got its one hard drive failed (sdd). It was hot swappable so that was replaced with a new drive.
Linux has now assigned a new drive letter to it sde instead of sdd. I don't want to reboot.

Is it possible to fix this?

Also what if I continue with sde and make partitions, add to RAID etc. Would the drive letter be changed whenever the machine is rebooted in the future?

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