Len On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 12:01 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 04:51:26PM +0000, Steve Dobson wrote: > > I am leaning towards the UUID method to solve this. Labels after all > > are not guaranteed to remain unique, the UUID will so long as the > > hardware remains constant. > > > > However, I wasn't sure this was the best method and though I would > > consult the combined wisdom of this list. I'm quite happy to learn from > > other peoples mistakes and go with the another method if it solves other > > problems I haven't encountered yet. > > > > All advice and ideas welcome. > > UUIDs work for me. Driver modules load in parallel and nothing will > ensure consistent device names. A unique identifier for the filesystem > is just so much better in the long run. You can add and remove > controllers, swap disks around, etc, and the only thing to worry about > is that your boot loader should be able to be found by the BIOS. It's good to know that UUIDs work well for someone at least. I've tried it using the /home partition on my laptop and it worked like a dream. Next stage is to change my workstation over test and then re-order the disks. Are there any pointers to grub config changes that need to be made? Ta Steve -- Steve Dobson Debian Hint #28: Regularly verify your backups. You *are* keeping backups, right? Right? (This hint brought to you by the letters 'D', 'U', 'M', and 'P', and the number 0.)
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