Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-11 Thread David Wright
On Mon 11 May 2020 at 15:26:11 (-0400), Default User wrote: > On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 11:20 AM David Wright > wrote: > > > Thanks. I hadn't realised the d-i would do that by default. (I've > > never used it to actually partition a disk, but only to allow the > > partitioner to rewrite the

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-11 Thread Default User
On Sat, May 09, 2020, at 22:34:30, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > UUID is the preferred method for automating such stuff[1], because they > are (for all practical purposes) unique, so it ensures there won't be > conflicts even when swapping drives between systems. > > Labels are more convenient for

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-10 Thread David Wright
On Fri 08 May 2020 at 22:34:30 (-0400), Default User wrote: > On 2020-05-08, David Wright (deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk) wrote: > > > But I'm surprised: which partitioner did you use, and which installer? > > David, I Originally installed Debian as Stable using the Debian 9 > netinst installer, a

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 08 mai 20, 22:34:30, Default User wrote: > > Anyway, are labels even needed anymore? These days everyone and > everything wants to use UUID numbers for partitions, to the seeming > exclusion of all else. UUID is the preferred method for automating such stuff[1], because they are (for

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-08 Thread Default User
On 2020-05-08, Cindy Sue Causey (butterflyby...@gmail.com) wrote: > My question is: Is that the only hard drive with partitions named like > that? Just ruling out that maybe there's some kind of conflict if two > hard drives have the same layout.. Cindy, there is only one drive in the computer,

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-08 Thread David Wright
On Fri 08 May 2020 at 16:48:52 (-0400), Default User wrote: > On Fri, May 8, 2020, 12:34 Tixy wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 09:59 -0400, Default User wrote: > > > > > > Yes, I made the labels for the partitions during the original > > > installation: > > > > > > /dev/sda1 = / (primary

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-08 Thread Default User
On Fri, May 8, 2020, 12:34 Tixy wrote: > On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 09:59 -0400, Default User wrote: > > Hi David. > > > > Yes, I made the labels for the partitions during the original > > installation: > > > > /dev/sda1 = / (primary partition) > > /dev/sda2 = (extended partition) > > /dev/sda5

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-08 Thread Tixy
On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 09:59 -0400, Default User wrote: > Hi David. > > Yes, I made the labels for the partitions during the original > installation: > > /dev/sda1 = / (primary partition) > /dev/sda2 = (extended partition) > /dev/sda5 = swap (logical partition) > /dev/sda6 = /home (logical

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-08 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 5/8/20, Default User wrote: > Yes, I made the labels for the partitions during the original > installation: > > /dev/sda1 = / (primary partition) > /dev/sda2 = (extended partition) > /dev/sda5 = swap (logical partition) > /dev/sda6 = /home (logical partition) > > So /dev/sda2 has no

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-08 Thread Default User
Hi David. Yes, I made the labels for the partitions during the original installation: /dev/sda1 = / (primary partition) /dev/sda2 = (extended partition) /dev/sda5 = swap (logical partition) /dev/sda6 = /home (logical partition) So /dev/sda2 has no label, as it is just an extended

Re: gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-07 Thread David Wright
Not using a DE, I might not be much help, sorry. But you aroused my curiosity… On Thu 07 May 2020 at 20:46:32 (-0400), Default User wrote: > blkid output: > > /dev/sda1: LABEL="/" UUID="1af49d67-02c1-4601-b020-ca70e78e6da8" > BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="cff3c8f8-01" > /dev/sda5:

gnome-disk-utility User Session Defaults issue

2020-05-07 Thread Default User
Hi. I am using Debian Unstable (64-bit), Cinnamon desktop environment. --- lsblk output: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:00 111.8G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1028G 0 part / ├─sda2 8:20 1K 0