On 04.01.2013 20:22, Clift, Tom CIV NSWCDD, K55 wrote: > > All, I have created a new partition on a spare drive and want to add > it to the fstab. I basically see three(3) different ways to do it. All > work but what is the preferred way. > > 1. Use Blkid > 2. Use Label > 3. Use physical device (/dev/sdb1) > > All seem to work fine.Any preference? > > > -- > redhat-sysadmin-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list 5.1.2013 Hello Tom, I recommend you to go by UUID's (blkid as root) as on a particular disk this identifier won't change in case you alte your HD-setup, otherwise with devicenames (dev/sdXX) you can have an issue, as they will change if you regroup our harddisks. The UUID is unique for each drive. Have stable fun, DasEi, Martin
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