>> Every time you have to reboot, it means your OS has somewhat failed you.
> i don't think that at all. remember that each person can
> have different preferences, requirements and expectations.
That's why I wrote "have to".
Of course, if you choose to reboot it, it's not you OS's fault.
> sy
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 22:54:33 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 07:33:38PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 15:59:27 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > > > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>> PS: The only problem with LVM names is that Linux doesn't let you
>>> rename a volume group while it's active (at least last time I tried),
>>> which makes it painful to rename the volume group in which lives your
>>> root partition.
>> How painful is it to dd a live cd, b
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 07:33:38PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 15:59:27 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote:
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, St
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 16:47:13 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > I don't suppose either of us will meet a UUID collision in our
> > lifetimes, and it's obviously a sensible scheme to use where there
> > are large numbers of commoditise
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 15:59:27 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > > While I'm sure this can be mana
On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:19:25 -0500
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename?
>
> Very. It's called "downtime".
> Every time you have to reboot, it means your OS has somewhat failed
> you.
>
>
> Stefan
>
You are absolutely right!
> Usually a UUID collision is a result of a subtle mistake, like cloning
> a disk and then trying to mount a file system by UUID while the clone
> is still attached. At least, that's the first scenario I can think of.
I wouldn't call it a "subtle mistake". Instead it's what *always*
happens when
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
> I don't suppose either of us will meet a UUID collision in our
> lifetimes, and it's obviously a sensible scheme to use where there
> are large numbers of commoditised objects to name.
Usually a UUID collision is a result of a subtle
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote:
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote:
On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> While I'm sure this can be managed by explicitly setting UUIDs, I've
> found it much more pleasant to manag
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > > Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and
> > > > will change for no detectable reason.
> > > For those reading along or finding this
>>What he meant is that filesystem UUIDs are (re)created automatically
>>based on a heuristic of what it means for a filesystem to be "the same".
> You understand that he didn't actually say that, right? This seems like your
> own personal bugaboo instead.
Definitely.
> I dislike using names beca
On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and
will change for no detectable reason.
For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem
UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason. Don
>>> Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and
>>> will change for no detectable reason.
>> For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem
>> UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason. Don't implement anything based
>> on this theory.
>
> Wh
>> PS: The only problem with LVM names is that Linux doesn't let you
>> rename a volume group while it's active (at least last time I tried),
>> which makes it painful to rename the volume group in which lives your
>> root partition.
> How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename?
Ve
> PS: The only problem with LVM names is that Linux doesn't let you
> rename a volume group while it's active (at least last time I tried),
> which makes it painful to rename the volume group in which lives your
> root partition.
>
How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename?
3 m
>> Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and
>> will change for no detectable reason.
> For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem
> UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason. Don't implement anything based
> on this theory.
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