On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:55:22 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I would like to replace one of my HDDs by another one (a bigger one). > Say that this is /dev/sdc. Then, its structure is defined like this: > > /dev/sdc1 (extended) > /dev/sdc5 (ext3) > > where > > /dev/sdc5 is mounted as my home in /etc/fstab: > > == > # cat /etc/fstab | grep merciadriluca /dev/sdc5 > /home/merciadriluca ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 == > > Say now that I manage to copy my home to the new HDD (in ext3) which > will replace the old one. If I physically put a new HDD at the place of > the old one, will I encounter issues?
Most probably, yes. There is a high chance the system detects the new device as "/dev/sdd". Reusing existing device names is not what I would expect as it could overlap the current setup :-/ > Everything is done according to > /dev/, so, no UUIDs, and there should be no problem. But will it be set > as /dev/sdc5 automatically? (Sorry for my noobness.) Should you face problems, just edit the "/etc/fstab" accordingly and you're done. For static mount points, I would go for "/dev/disk/by-id" or "/dev/disk/by-uuid", though. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.08.15.12.29...@gmail.com
