On Mon 21 Apr 2025 at 15:38:45 (-0400), Haines Brown wrote: > I am doing a cross install from my current Debian daedalus systm to a target > disk /dev/nvme1n1. > > I enter chroot, and create /etc/festab on the target. I use the UUIDs repored > by # blkid for > the target disk, > > Then I attemt to mount these partitions > > /:# mount -a > > Mount cann't find the UIIDs. For eample: > > mount: /tmp: can't find UUID="0753d3bf-15eb-40a3-bdbd-bea054fc4f60". > > What am I doint wrong?
Have you considered using LABELs? You can make them short and easy to type. I give each disk a four-letter name, written on the case¹ in marker ink (eg kirk), and I PARTLABEL the partitions with names like Kirk-……, and LABEL the filesystems kirk……. The prefixes avoid name collisions, particularly if you want to use meaningful names, like Kirk-swap and Kirk-home. You then write PARTLABEL=whatever or LABEL=whatever in your fstab file, instead of error-prone UUIDs. ¹ Not easy, I realise, when there's no case. Cheers, David.
