Op 15-10-2006 om 19:06 schreef Frans Pop: > I have written a very simple (or at least small) script intended to be run > during finish-install that converts devices listed in /target/etc/fstab > from regular device names to uuids (as far as possible). > > Although this is not a perfect solution, I feel it is an acceptable > solution for Etch. > By doing this at the very end of the installation, there is no chance that > we break anything in the installer itself, while still making the fstab > less vulnerable to changes in the device order. > The script relies on the fact that the kernel currently also generates > "normal" device names for disks. > > It is only a partial solution as the set up of the boot loader (especially > the definition of the root partition) may still be wrong. > > I've tested this successfully on a LVM setup. The attached fstab is from > that install. > > Comments welcome. > > Cheers, > FJP >
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > # /dev/mapper/Debian-root > UUID=54eb0e28-f41b-486b-9b47-2e8d484e9417 / ext3 > defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > # /dev/sda1 > UUID=297e4922-7842-4dd2-9f56-09581968bc64 /boot ext3 defaults > 0 2 > /dev/mapper/Debian-swap_1 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 I'm not happy with /etc/fstab like that. The comments like '/dev/mapper/Debian-root' and '/dev/sda1' are fine, but I'm really unhappy with the entries that start with 'UUID='. I also have the unpleasent feeling that "fixing" device persistence by forcing persistence by UUID usage is solving a wrong described problem. The thing I would like to see is that the _difference_ in device naming between d-i kernel plus fellows and installed kernel plus fellows is solved. Infact I don't understand why device naming does differ. AFAIK are the d-i kernel and the installed kernel from the same build. That d-i uses different tools (busybox, libc?) then installed kernel, will have it good reason. But it is no reason that devices naming differs ... Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
