Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Every time you have to reboot, it means your OS has somewhat failed you. > i don't think that at all. remember that each person can > have different preferences, requirements and expectations. That's why I wrote "have to". Of course, if you choose to reboot it, it's not you OS's fault. >

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-06 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 22:54:33 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 07:33:38PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 15:59:27 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > > > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-06 Thread songbird
Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> PS: The only problem with LVM names is that Linux doesn't let you >>> rename a volume group while it's active (at least last time I tried), >>> which makes it painful to rename the volume group in which lives your >>> root partition. >> How painful is it to dd a live cd,

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 07:33:38PM -0600, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 15:59:27 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500,

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 16:47:13 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > I don't suppose either of us will meet a UUID collision in our > > lifetimes, and it's obviously a sensible scheme to use where there > > are large numbers of

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 15:59:27 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > While I'm sure this can be

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread 0...@caiway.net
On Tue, 04 Feb 2020 22:19:25 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename? > > Very. It's called "downtime". > Every time you have to reboot, it means your OS has somewhat failed > you. > > > Stefan > You are absolutely right!

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Usually a UUID collision is a result of a subtle mistake, like cloning > a disk and then trying to mount a file system by UUID while the clone > is still attached. At least, that's the first scenario I can think of. I wouldn't call it a "subtle mistake". Instead it's what *always* happens

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > I don't suppose either of us will meet a UUID collision in our > lifetimes, and it's obviously a sensible scheme to use where there > are large numbers of commoditised objects to name. Usually a UUID collision is a result of a subtle

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 01:43:37PM -0600, David Wright wrote: On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > While I'm sure this can be managed by explicitly setting UUIDs, I've > found it much more pleasant to

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread David Wright
On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 09:00:41 (-0500), Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and > > > > will change for no detectable reason. > > > For those reading along or finding this

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>What he meant is that filesystem UUIDs are (re)created automatically >>based on a heuristic of what it means for a filesystem to be "the same". > You understand that he didn't actually say that, right? This seems like your > own personal bugaboo instead. Definitely. > I dislike using names

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 07:04:16PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and will change for no detectable reason. For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason.

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-05 Thread Curt
>>> Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and >>> will change for no detectable reason. >> For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem >> UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason. Don't implement anything based >> on this theory. > >

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> PS: The only problem with LVM names is that Linux doesn't let you >> rename a volume group while it's active (at least last time I tried), >> which makes it painful to rename the volume group in which lives your >> root partition. > How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename?

Re: Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-04 Thread 0...@caiway.net
> PS: The only problem with LVM names is that Linux doesn't let you > rename a volume group while it's active (at least last time I tried), > which makes it painful to rename the volume group in which lives your > root partition. > How painful is it to dd a live cd, boot from it and rename? 3

Why I don't like UUIDs (Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32)

2020-02-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and >> will change for no detectable reason. > For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem > UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason. Don't implement anything based > on this theory. What he

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 04 February 2020 15:03:54 David Wright wrote: > On Tue 04 Feb 2020 at 11:48:10 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 February 2020 08:51:47 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > >> I bet some of his RT patches caused a mess > > > > > > > > Nope, I just needed to reboot. > > > > > >

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread David Wright
On Tue 04 Feb 2020 at 11:48:10 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 04 February 2020 08:51:47 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > >> I bet some of his RT patches caused a mess > > > > > > Nope, I just needed to reboot. > > > > "Needed to reboot" in this context means "need to work around a bug". > >

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 04 February 2020 08:51:47 Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> I bet some of his RT patches caused a mess > > > > Nope, I just needed to reboot. > > "Needed to reboot" in this context means "need to work around a bug". > I have no idea whether that bug has anything to with the RT patches, > but

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 11:24:56AM -0500, Michael Stone wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 11:06:10AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and > > will change for no detectable reason. > > For those reading along or finding this in

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 11:06:10AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: Me too, so I usually label the permanent stuff at least. UUID's can and will change for no detectable reason. For those reading along or finding this in search results: no, filesystem UUIDs don't change for no detectable reason.

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 04 February 2020 07:47:58 songbird wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 03 February 2020 23:56:47 David Wright wrote: > >> Well, at least one of my guesses was correct. > >> > >:) > > > > FWIW, the reboot fixed the can't mount, both partitions on this sd > > card now mount

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread David Wright
On Tue 04 Feb 2020 at 07:47:58 (-0500), songbird wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 03 February 2020 23:56:47 David Wright wrote: > > > >> Well, at least one of my guesses was correct. > > > >:) > > > > FWIW, the reboot fixed the can't mount, both partitions on this sd card > > now mount

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread songbird
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2020 23:56:47 David Wright wrote: > >> Well, at least one of my guesses was correct. > >:) > > FWIW, the reboot fixed the can't mount, both partitions on this sd card > now mount normally, but are on /dev/sde now since the were found at > bootup. I've

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> I bet some of his RT patches caused a mess > Nope, I just needed to reboot. "Needed to reboot" in this context means "need to work around a bug". I have no idea whether that bug has anything to with the RT patches, but the fact that rebooting avoided the problem is at least no proof that the

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-04 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 04 February 2020 02:21:32 deloptes wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > There's no FAT filesystem there. It might be corrupted, it might > > actually be on /dev/sdf with a bogus partition table. > > I bet some of his RT patches caused a mess Nope, I just needed to reboot. Cheers, Gene

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread deloptes
Dan Ritter wrote: > There's no FAT filesystem there. It might be corrupted, it might > actually be on /dev/sdf with a bogus partition table. I bet some of his RT patches caused a mess

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 February 2020 23:56:47 David Wright wrote: > Well, at least one of my guesses was correct. :) FWIW, the reboot fixed the can't mount, both partitions on this sd card now mount normally, but are on /dev/sde now since the were found at bootup. I've had this happen before, back

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 February 2020 23:56:47 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 16:20:59 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 03 February 2020 14:15:14 David Wright wrote: > > > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 14:02:31 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:31:16 David

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 February 2020 21:34:46 songbird wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > Greetings all; > >> > > >> > I want to look at its directory structure because its different, > >> > and I'd like to deduce how to

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread David Wright
On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 16:20:59 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2020 14:15:14 David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 14:02:31 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:31:16 David Wright wrote: > > > > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 12:40:20 (-0500), Gene

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread songbird
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > >> Gene Heskett wrote: >> > Greetings all; >> > >> > I want to look at its directory structure because its different, and >> > I'd like to deduce how to generate it in a kernel make for a newer, >> > preempt-rt kernel.

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2020 14:07:46 David Wright wrote: > > > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 13:57:08 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > Actual error message, please. > > > > > > gene@coyote:~/PublicA/pi-buster$ sudo

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 February 2020 14:15:14 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 14:02:31 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:31:16 David Wright wrote: > > > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 12:40:20 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > I want to look at its directory structure

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 February 2020 14:07:46 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 13:57:08 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Actual error message, please. > > > > gene@coyote:~/PublicA/pi-buster$ sudo mount -tvfat /dev/sdf1 > > /media/sdf1

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread David Wright
On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 14:02:31 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:31:16 David Wright wrote: > > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 12:40:20 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I want to look at its directory structure because its different, and > > > I'd like to deduce how to generate

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread David Wright
On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 13:57:08 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 February 2020 13:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > > Actual error message, please. > gene@coyote:~/PublicA/pi-buster$ sudo mount -tvfat /dev/sdf1 /media/sdf1 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdf1, >

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 February 2020 13:31:16 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 12:40:20 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > I want to look at its directory structure because its different, and > > I'd like to deduce how to generate it in a kernel make for a newer, > > preempt-rt kernel. > > Yes, I

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 February 2020 13:17:04 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I want to look at its directory structure because its different, and > > I'd like to deduce how to generate it in a kernel make for a newer, > > preempt-rt kernel. > > Actual error message,

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread David Wright
On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 12:40:20 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > I want to look at its directory structure because its different, and I'd > like to deduce how to generate it in a kernel make for a newer, > preempt-rt kernel. Yes, I can't mount it either, because I'm not running stretch. >

Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32

2020-02-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I want to look at its directory structure because its different, and I'd > like to deduce how to generate it in a kernel make for a newer, > preempt-rt kernel. Actual error message, please. sudo parted -l sudo mkdir /mnt/tmp sudo mount /dev/sdf1