Camaleón wrote: > 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 :-/ > Okay. So, there would be no /dev/sdc, but a /dev/sdd? >> 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. > Thanks.
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