Re: question about fstab in squeeze and uuid
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:27:55 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>> I'm looking for reliable information on how UUIDs are generated, and how
>> their uses is intended within Squeeze, so that I can puzzle out what I
>> might be doing wrong.
>
> There a FAQ about UUID here. While focused on Linux Mint, I think pretty
> much fits for Debian, also:
>
> ***
> UUID - what is it and why is it a problem
> http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/UUID_-what_is_it_and_why_is_it_a_problem
> ***
>
> In brief, it seems that chanching/resizing/formatting partitions can lead
> into UUID being modified. If that's true, it seems scaring :-/
>
> There are other options we can use to identify/mount our devices, say
> "label, "id" and "path" (ls -l /dev/disk/*). For instance, last time I
> used openSUSE was using "by-id" method in /etc/fstab.
>
> Maybe there is a good comparison chart about all these methods that list
> their "pros" and "cons" :-?
Not a chart, but yes references to why uuid ... :
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=364441
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=572376
Regards,
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