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Am Montag, den 21.04.2008, 16:37 +0200 schrieb Anthony E. Caudel: |
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> I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses |
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> UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? |
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Yes. |
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> Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another |
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> drive, i.e., an external USB drive, is plugged in? |
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Yes. |
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> The /dev references |
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> may change but the UUID's in fstab wouldn't, would they? |
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Correct. |
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The other possible way would be to give your devices unique names, |
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either via udev or by using LVM. Advantage over UUIDs: much easier to |
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read. |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |