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From: Michael Schmarck <michael.schmarck@×××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:28:06
Message-Id: 2632491.1v7F8ZHXmt@michael-schmarck.my-fqdn.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] OT: Question re: UUID by "Anthony E. Caudel"
1 · Anthony E. Caudel <tony.caudel@×××××××××.net>:
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3 > I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses
4 > UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way?
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6 > Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another
7 > drive, i.e., an external USB drive, is plugged in? The /dev references
8 > may change but the UUID's in fstab wouldn't, would they?
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10 Correct. UUIDs are universally unique (as the name already "suggests" *g*)
11 and thus, there cannot be a clash.
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13 Michael Schmarck
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID Roy Wright <roy@××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID "Anthony E. Caudel" <tony.caudel@×××××××××.net>