Re: Need to confirm re 'fstab', before rebooting my Squeeze
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:28:19 -0500
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?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
>
I had an entry listing /dev/sdb1 as...
#/dev/sdb1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
Which was a known bug.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597223
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