> But now we have to wait 1 minute during Mandriva2010 boot.   
   >   
   > "waiting for device sda1 to appear (timeout 1 min)" <--sda1 is /   
   > "waiting for device sda1 to appear (timeout 1 min)" <--sda5 is _a_ swap   
      
      
   I had the same problem.   
   I have Mandriva 2011. I tried to move it from old HDD into new one (by   
   ordinary copying).   
   Everything goes smoothly, and finally both MS-Windows and Mandriva don't refer   
   to old HDD.   
   But after old disk disconnecting, Linux begun to growl about "waiting sda",   
   "timeout 1 min" - all the stuff.   
   I removed every UUID from /boot/grub directory, and from /etc/fstab in favor   
   to oldschool sdXN. Than didn't help me.   
   mkinitrd made incorrect image for me, and I didn't want to investigate that   
   fact at all.   
   But, fortunately, I had backuped fstab with old UUIDs.   
   I picked up those UUIDs and write them into new partitions correspondingly.   
   That works! 8-)   
   Note the means to change UUIDs of Linux fs:   
   swaplabel (for swap)   
   tune2fs (for ext2/ext3 and ext4)   
   reiserfstune (for reiserfs)   
   Gparted doesn't change UUID.   
      
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