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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Quick question: Bootdevice nameing...
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:40:08
Message-Id: r6fbcl$176f$2@ciao.gmane.io
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Quick question: Bootdevice nameing... by tuxic@posteo.de
1 On 2020-04-06, tuxic@××××××.de <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote:
2
3 > If I change to boot sequence in the BIOS to boot the harddisk from
4 > the docking station...will it become /dev/sda ?
5
6 No. The BIOS boot sequence has nothing to do with the order that mass
7 storage devices are enumerated and named by the kernel.
8
9 > Fstab depends on this...
10
11 Then it's broken. For USB attached storage, you have to use UUID or
12 LABEL for it to be reliable.
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15 Grant