Re: How to _display_ disk partition info?
On 12/08/2025 09:30, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
Red Hat has a pretty good article about stable names for disks [1].
Debian's page is not as good [2].
[1] <https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/managing_file_systems/assembly_overview-of-persistent-naming-attributes_managing-file-systems
After quick glance at it, I agree with your recommendation.
Just a note on
"*Recommendations*
Some file systems, such as logical volumes, span multiple devices. Red
Hat recommends accessing these file systems using file system
identifiers rather than device identifiers."
It was discussed earlier that UUID and filesystem labels should not be
used for LVM and BTRFS volumes. E.g. /dev/vgname/lvname allows to avoid
a pitfall with mounting a snapshot instead of actual filesystem.
Andy Smith. Re: trixie update/upgrade strangeness. Thu, 12 Oct 2023
21:48:54 +0000.
<https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/ZShpxgVzZcEWCnSS@mail.bitfolk.com>
[2] <https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apcs04.en.html
Debian reference is more verbose, but it does not discuss in details
kernel names vs. more stable identifiers.
<https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch09.en.html#_data_storage_tips>
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