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Re: Question about /etc/fstab in Squeeze



Paul E Condon wrote:
> The /etc/fstab that is installed by the Debian installer
> in Squeeze contains the following comment lines:
> 
> #  Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
> # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
> # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
> 
> What is 'vol_id' ?

That is the old way.  It was superseded by 'blkid'.  That comment must
have been left behind and not updated.  Instead of running vol_id
--uuid try running blkid.

  man blkid

If that comment is still occurring on a fresh installation then it
warrants a bug report to get it updated.

> The context suggests that it is an executable program that is run
> from the command line, but there is no such object in the search
> PATH.

IIRC that came through the Ubuntu path and would have existed there in
/lib/udev/vol_id but now for all uses you want to map that to blkid.

Bob

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