Package: dosfstools Version: 3.0.20-1 Severity: wishlist Seems that dosfstols and udev disagree upon how the "UUID" (i.e. the volume-id) of a fat file system should be written. Sample session:
# mkdosfs -F 16 -i 1234-abcd -n efi /dev/vda2 mkfs.fat 3.0.20 (12 Jun 2013) Volume ID must be a hexadecimal number Usage: mkfs.fat [-a][-A][-c][-C][-v][-I][-l bad-block-file][-b backup-boot-sector] [-m boot-msg-file][-n volume-name][-i volume-id] [-s sectors-per-cluster][-S logical-sector-size][-f number-of-FATs] [-h hidden-sectors][-F fat-size][-r root-dir-entries][-R reserved-sectors] /dev/name [blocks] # mkdosfs -F 16 -i 1234abcd -n efi /dev/vda2 mkfs.fat 3.0.20 (12 Jun 2013) # ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/1234* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul 4 10:10 /dev/disk/by-uuid/1234-ABCD -> ../../vda2 # mount -U 1234-abcd /mnt mount: no such partition found # mount -U 1234-ABCD /mnt # echo $? 0 Sorry to say, but this is confusing. The current implementations require too much "magic" to make things work together. It would be nice if the dosfstools and udev could find a common solution. Many thanx in advance Harri -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org