Re: device UUID versus /dev

2009-02-09 Thread Barclay, Daniel
Alex Samad wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 08:51:12PM +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: >> Hi, >> >> What are the advantages by using >> drives are now identified by UUID >> over than /dev/xxx; > > you don't have to worry about ordering. I prefer to LABEL. that way it > doesn't matter what orde

Re: device UUID versus /dev

2009-02-08 Thread Arthur Marsh
Frederik Kriewitz wrote, on 2009-02-09 07:49: On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM, ghe wrote: I'm hoping this is all in a huge state of flux, and that somebody smarter than I am will figure out a simple and reliable solution to it all. Have a look at /dev/disk/by-* Bug#514209: Acknowledgement

Re: device UUID versus /dev

2009-02-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 08:51:12PM +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > Hi, > > What are the advantages by using > drives are now identified by UUID > over than /dev/xxx; you don't have to worry about ordering. I prefer to LABEL. that way it doesn't matter what order the disks are found they alw

Re: device UUID versus /dev

2009-02-08 Thread Frederik Kriewitz
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 10:14 PM, ghe wrote: > I'm hoping this is all in a huge state of flux, and that somebody > smarter than I am will figure out a simple and reliable solution to it all. Have a look at /dev/disk/by-* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a s

Re: device UUID versus /dev

2009-02-08 Thread ghe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joel Roth wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 08:51:12PM +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: >> >> What are the advantages by using >> drives are now identified by UUID >> over than /dev/xxx; > Your mounts in /etc/fstab will not be broken when > you de

Re: device UUID versus /dev

2009-02-08 Thread Joel Roth
On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 08:51:12PM +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: > Hi, > > What are the advantages by using > drives are now identified by UUID > over than /dev/xxx; Your mounts in /etc/fstab will not be broken when you delete a partition, or perform other operations that change the /dev/x

device UUID versus /dev

2009-02-08 Thread Abdelkader Belahcene
Hi, What are the advantages by using drives are now identified by UUID over than /dev/xxx; thanks bela -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org