Re: Need to confirm re 'fstab', before rebooting my Squeeze
On 2011-02-26, PMA <PeterArmstrong@aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> Hi List.
>
> I have installed Squeeze from scratch using a USB stick.
> The installer regarded that stick as "/dev/sda". So the
> /etc/fstab that it installed lists my system disk (til now
> always "/dev/sda") as "/dev/sdb", and similarly my 2nd
> disk (til now "/dev/sdb") as "/dev/sdc".
>
> If I now run 'mount' (with USB stick removed), it names
> these devices as I had originally -- system disk '/dev/sda',
> secondary '/dev/sdb'.
>
> Meanwhile, /etc/fstab is specifying each device, not as
> either of those names, but as a mile-long UUID number.
>
> So my question: When I rebooting, can I safely assume
> that, because fstab is using UUIDs and not "/dev/..."(s),
> the system won't get confused?
>
The identification of partitions by UUIDs is normal is squeeze. The
output of the blkid command should allow you to satisfy yourself that
the mapping from UUIDs to partitions is correct.
--
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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