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Re: UUID vs /dev



On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 07:59 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 12:02:00PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
> > John L Fjellstad wrote:
> > > Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> writes:
> > > 
> > > Well, my Kubuntu system runs 2.6.20 and havs everything as sdX (when it
> > > was hdX before), and my Debian system runs 2.6.18 and still has hdX,
> > > some somewhere in-between.
> > > 
> > Yes, I believe it is the 2.6.20 that changed it.  As for labels, no they
> > are not required, but quite easy to change with e2label and then when
> > you click Storage Devices in Konqueror, you'll see the names of the HD
> > partitions instead of just the size.  Much easier to find what you're
> > looking for that way.
> 
> I like a nice, simple, clean fstab that fits on a regular screen.  I was
> getting worried when devfs seem to be the cat's meow.  LABEL at least
> can be short while UUID seems long.
> 
> Can someone who uses UUID in their fstab email it?

How about posting it here?

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#<file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

# /dev/hda3
UUID=456600fd-b794-4931-8703-bded8a1902bc / xfs defaults 0 1

# /dev/hda1
UUID=8a2ba95b-82d1-4905-a1ec-ceebb8cfc2b7 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2

# /dev/hda2
UUID=f2986c54-13db-453a-80e3-6c75d19de15d none swap sw 0 0

# LVM Logical Volume (could use UUID but didn't)
/dev/mapper/stor-storLV /stor xfs defaults 0 0

# CD and DVD writer
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

# No Floppy in this machine
#/dev/ /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

#NFS Comments
void:/music /music nfs4 defaults,bg,posix,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 0 0
void:/stor /stor1 nfs4 defaults,bg,posix,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 0 0

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Cheers.
-- 
greg, greg@gregfolkert.net

That was as boring as a performance of "Richard the 3rd" with potatoes for
actors. They're all eyes.

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