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Re: Replacing an HDD: will it be labeled as before?



Camaleón wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:42:54 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
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>> Camaleón wrote:
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>>>> 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?
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>>> Most probably, yes. There is a high chance the system detects the new
>>> device as "/dev/sdd". Reusing existing device names is not what I would
>>> expect as it could overlap the current setup :-/
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>> Okay. So, there would be no /dev/sdc, but a /dev/sdd?
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> I can't say for sure. But last time I played with disks (putting new 
> ones, removing others...) I get that behaviour, yes
Okay. Thanks.

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