On Du, 15 aug 10, 10:55:22, Merciadri Luca wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to replace one of my HDDs by another one (a bigger one). > Say that this is /dev/sdc. Then, its structure is defined like this: > > /dev/sdc1 (extended) > /dev/sdc5 (ext3) > > where > > /dev/sdc5 is mounted as my home in /etc/fstab: > > == > # cat /etc/fstab | grep merciadriluca > /dev/sdc5 /home/merciadriluca ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 > == > > Say now that I manage to copy my home to the new HDD (in ext3) which > will replace the old one. If I physically put a new HDD at the place of > the old one, will I encounter issues? Everything is done according to > /dev/, so, no UUIDs, and there should be no problem. But will it be set > as /dev/sdc5 automatically? (Sorry for my noobness.) Only if you're lucky. I would use LABEL= in /etc/fstab and just use the same label on the new partition. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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