Re: arbitrary disk name assignment affects dump/restore

2011-04-17 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Andrei Popescu put forth on 4/17/2011 3:12 AM: > /dev/disk/by-id/ > /dev/disk/by-label/ # assuming you defined labels > /dev/disk/by-path/ > /dev/disk/by-uuid/ > > I prefer labels since they can be set to something meaningful/mnemonic. Yes, I use labels for partitions as well, more for organizat

Re: arbitrary disk name assignment affects dump/restore

2011-04-17 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110417_111214, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sb, 16 apr 11, 15:00:39, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. wrote: > > > > This means that I must NOT rely on my automatic (crontab-based) dump > > scripts, but interrogate the system manually, and if necessary, alter > > /var/lib/dumpdates so that the scr

Re: arbitrary disk name assignment affects dump/restore

2011-04-17 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 16 apr 11, 15:00:39, Dean Allen Provins, P. Geoph. wrote: > > This means that I must NOT rely on my automatic (crontab-based) dump > scripts, but interrogate the system manually, and if necessary, alter > /var/lib/dumpdates so that the script will run properly. No, just adapt your script t