Re: Installer partitioner project, dif Debian Ubuntu, lvm, UUID, GPartEd, GRUB, HAL

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday 28 April 2010 15:58:32 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 April 2010 06:40:33 Camaleón wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:10:04 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 27 April 2010 15:32:28 giovanni_re wrote:
> > >> Did ubuntu do something unwise with making use of UUIDs, & now they
> > >> are backtracking?  Did Debian do any of that?
> > >
> > > The Lenny installer defaults to populating /etc/fstab with UUIDs, IIRC.
> > > The Etch installer still just used device names.  UUIDs aren't directly
> > > related to HAL, although HAL can make use of them.
> >
> > My Lenny installation defaulted to "/dev/sdax" nomenclature in both, "/
> > boot/grub/menu.lst" and "/etc/fstab".
>
> Could just be me mis-remembering then.  Most of the Lenny installs I deal
> with are either installed with debootstrap (no d-i) or are Etch upgrades.

My (default) /etc/fstab on Lenny has /dev/hdx for ide drives and /dev/sdx for 
SCSI drives.

Lisi