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On 25/11/20 13:31, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> Now, one area I would use UUIDs is with mdadm if you're not putting |
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> lvm on top. I've seen mdadm arrays get renumbered and that is a mess |
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> if you're directly mounting them without labels or UUIDs. |
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Or if you do it properly you don't need UUIDs :-) |
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mdadm always USED to number its arrays starting with 0. Now it counts |
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down from 127. |
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Worse, if you use numbers, mdadm just changes them as it sees fit. I |
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created my array as md0, next thing I know it's md127. |
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It is recommended to use names, so I call it by what it is, so I have |
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things like /dev/md/gentoo, /dev/md/home etc. |
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I'm moving to lvm, and will use the same tactic. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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