Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> I don't suppose either of us will meet a UUID collision in our
> lifetimes, and it's obviously a sensible scheme to use where there
> are large numbers of commoditised objects to name.
Usually a UUID collision is a result of a subtle mistake, like cloning
a disk and then trying to mount a file system by UUID while the clone
is still attached. At least, that's the first scenario I can think of.
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