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· Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>: |
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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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Disadvantage: Not guaranteed to be unique. It could, theoretically |
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at least, happen that there are two devices with the same names. |
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The same disadvantage exists, if you use filesystem labels. |
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Advantage of fs labels: No need for another layer like LVM. |
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Michael Schmarck |
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i dont even know if it makes sense at all :) This is an experimental patch |
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for an experimental kernel :)) |
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-- Ingo Molnar on linux-kernel |
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