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On Friday, 20 March 2020 01:27:27 GMT Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> On 2020-03-20 00:30, Michael wrote: |
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> > Finally, I don't think you can use the hardware specific ID, found |
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> > under /dev/ disk/by-id/wwn-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-part1, which is a |
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> > symlink to the /dev/sda1 name. |
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> Why not? I think you can just use it directly, in place of the |
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> /dev/sdaX. After all, it's just an alternate (indirect) name for the |
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> same device inode. |
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Yes, perhaps it'll work, I've never tried it. Also I just checked the man |
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page and mount does not recommend it: |
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"The recommended setup is to use tags (e.g. UUID=uuid) rather than /dev/disk/ |
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by-{label,uuid,partuuid,partlabel} udev symlinks in the /etc/fstab file." |
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