>> You could make a note of the UUID before the re-install then re-apply
>> it to the partition with
>> tune2fs -U /dev/sdaX
> However you *must* take a note. This is not something you can remember.
> As opposed to a partitioning scheme, that you can remember.
True but it should be common practi
On 20100314_142055, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 11:13:14AM -0500, Tom H wrote:
> > > When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice
> > > to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically.
> > > Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 11:13:14AM -0500, Tom H wrote:
> > When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice
> > to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically.
> > Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to be crosslinked.
> > But when a distrib must be r
Stephen Powell wrote:
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:58 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote:
A bit worrisome to me. UUID must be persistent during normal life of a
device, so it can be used as an identifier.
It is important to distinguish between a device and a partition.
/dev/hda is a device. /dev/h
On 20100313_144620, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:58 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote:
> >
> > A bit worrisome to me. UUID must be persistent during normal life of a
> > device, so it can be used as an identifier.
>
> It is important to distinguish between a device and a parti
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 07:19:13PM +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:53:35 -0800, Freeman wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:16:48PM +, Camaleón wrote:
>
>
> > I typo-ed the label for my root partition on my last fstab update but it
> > mounted anyway as rootfs in mtab.
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:58 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> A bit worrisome to me. UUID must be persistent during normal life of a
> device, so it can be used as an identifier.
It is important to distinguish between a device and a partition.
/dev/hda is a device. /dev/hda1 is a partition.
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:53:35 -0800, Freeman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:16:48PM +, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> Well, that said I like Lenny still uses the old scheme "/dev/sdx". At
>> least if it changes, I still understand it better than the new udev
>> naming :-)
>>
>>
> I've been c
On 20100313_111314, Tom H wrote:
> > When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice
> > to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically.
> > Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to be crosslinked.
> > But when a distrib must be reinstalled because som
> When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice
> to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically.
> Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to be crosslinked.
> But when a distrib must be reinstalled because something drasticly
> wrong happened, or wha
On 20100313_095320, Tom H wrote:
> >> I believe a UUID is generated when the partition is "formatted", either
> >> with
> >> mkfs or mkswap.
>
> > I confirm - just tried shrinking and growing back an extfs. UUID is left
> > untouched (as expected); that Mint article is BS or just obsolete.
>
> I
>> I believe a UUID is generated when the partition is "formatted", either
>> with
>> mkfs or mkswap.
> I confirm - just tried shrinking and growing back an extfs. UUID is left
> untouched (as expected); that Mint article is BS or just obsolete.
I have never come across the problem described by t
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:16:48PM +, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:21:14 +0100, Javier Barroso wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> >> Maybe there is a good comparison chart about all these methods that
> >> list their "pros" and "cons" :-?
>
> > Not a chart, but yes references to why uuid ... :
On 20100313_020002, thib wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
> >I believe a UUID is generated when the partition is "formatted", either with
> >mkfs or mkswap.
>
> I confirm - just tried shrinking and growing back an extfs. UUID is
> left untouched (as expected); that Mint article is BS or just
> obs
Stephen Powell wrote:
I believe a UUID is generated when the partition is "formatted", either with
mkfs or mkswap.
I confirm - just tried shrinking and growing back an extfs. UUID is left
untouched (as expected); that Mint article is BS or just obsolete.
-thib
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>
> I personally don't like the use of UUIDS by the installer
> and I change them back to their traditional names.
>
I'm also not a uuid fan and find that using disk labels
in /etc/fstab a la /dev/disk/by-label as an alternative
has worked well for me
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:21:14 +0100, Javier Barroso wrote:
(...)
>> Maybe there is a good comparison chart about all these methods that
>> list their "pros" and "cons" :-?
> Not a chart, but yes references to why uuid ... :
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=364441
> http://bugs.debian
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:27:55 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>> I'm looking for reliable information on how UUIDs are generated, and how
>> their uses is intended within Squeeze, so that I can puzzle out what I
>> might be doing wrong
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:55 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> I'm working on a computer that I am trying to make dual-boot into both
> Lenny and Squeeze. As some are already aware, squeeze rewrites
> /etc/fstab to replace devices like /dev/hda2 with a UUID for the
> device that is a long compu
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:27:55 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
(...)
> I'm looking for reliable information on how UUIDs are generated, and how
> their uses is intended within Squeeze, so that I can puzzle out what I
> might be doing wrong.
There a FAQ about UUID here. While focused on Linux Mint, I t
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Paul E Condon
wrote:
> I'm working on a computer that I am trying to make dual-boot into both
> Lenny and Squeeze. As some are already aware, squeeze rewrites
> /etc/fstab to replace devices like /dev/hda2 with a UUID for the
> device that is a long computer g
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