Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-24 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 23 April 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:07:02 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > So, mkreiserfs --label My_Home /dev/hda5 will not wipe out my > > > partition, right? I don't want to cause unnecessary harm to my > > > machine . . . > > > > Of course it will wipe th

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:07:02 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > So, mkreiserfs --label My_Home /dev/hda5 will not wipe out my > > partition, right? I don't want to cause unnecessary harm to my > > machine . . . > > Of course it will wipe the partition, that's what mkreiserfs does. Reading that b

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:25:11 +0100, Mick wrote: > So, mkreiserfs --label My_Home /dev/hda5 will not wipe out my > partition, right? I don't want to cause unnecessary harm to my > machine . . . Of course it will wipe the partition, that's what mkreiserfs does. The --label option simply adds a lab

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 23 April 2008, Mick wrote: > On Wednesday 23 April 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Yep. I use e2label. Works fine with ext2 and ext3 partitions. One > > command to read the label, another to write it. Easy. > > So, mkreiserfs --label My_Home /dev/hda5 will not wipe out my > partition, rig

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-23 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 23 April 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > Yep. I use e2label. Works fine with ext2 and ext3 partitions. One > command to read the label, another to write it. Easy. So, mkreiserfs --label My_Home /dev/hda5 will not wipe out my partition, right? I don't want to cause unnecessary harm to my

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 23 April 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Alan McKinnon > > Personally, I prefer labels over other disk id methods. I get to > > choose the label myself and can ensure they are unique in my world > > (but maybe not in the universe like UUIDs are). If I ha

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-23 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 April 2008, Mick wrote: > > On Monday 21 April 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:58 +0200, Dirk

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-23 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 22 April 2008, Mick wrote: > On Monday 21 April 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:58 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > > The other possible way would be to give your devices unique > >

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-22 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday 21 April 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:58 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > > The other possible way would be

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:43:12 +0100, Mick wrote: > I have thought about using labels, but never really ventured into it (I > think I tried it once on a server). Can I do it retrospectively on > ext2, reiserfs and xfs, or is it going to erase the contents of the > partition? You can, see the man p

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-22 Thread Mick
On Monday 21 April 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:58 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > The other possible way would be to give your devices unique names, > > > either via udev or by using LVM. Adv

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:58 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > The other possible way would be to give your devices unique names, > > either via udev or by using LVM. Advantage over UUIDs: much easier to > > read. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:41:58 +0200, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > The other possible way would be to give your devices unique names, > either via udev or by using LVM. Advantage over UUIDs: much easier to > read. Or you could use filesystem labels. -- Neil Bothwick Electricians DO IT until it Hz...

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Montag, den 21.04.2008, 16:37 +0200 schrieb Anthony E. Caudel: > I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses > UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? Yes. > Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another > drive, i.e., an ext

[gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another drive, i.e., an external USB drive, is plugged in? The /dev references may change but the UUID's