You could make a note of the UUID before the re-install then re-apply
it to the partition with
tune2fs -U uuid /dev/sdaX
However you *must* take a note. This is not something you can remember.
As opposed to a partitioning scheme, that you can remember.
True but it should be common practice
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 11:13:14AM -0500, Tom H wrote:
When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice
to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically.
Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to be crosslinked.
But when a distrib must be
On 20100314_142055, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 11:13:14AM -0500, Tom H wrote:
When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice
to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically.
Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to be
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:16:48PM +, Camaleón wrote:
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:21:14 +0100, Javier Barroso wrote:
(...)
Maybe there is a good comparison chart about all these methods that
list their pros and cons :-?
Not a chart, but yes references to why uuid ... :
I believe a UUID is generated when the partition is formatted, either
with
mkfs or mkswap.
I confirm - just tried shrinking and growing back an extfs. UUID is left
untouched (as expected); that Mint article is BS or just obsolete.
I have never come across the problem described by the Mint
On 20100313_095320, Tom H wrote:
I believe a UUID is generated when the partition is formatted, either
with
mkfs or mkswap.
I confirm - just tried shrinking and growing back an extfs. UUID is left
untouched (as expected); that Mint article is BS or just obsolete.
I have never come
When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice
to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically.
Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to be crosslinked.
But when a distrib must be reinstalled because something drasticly
wrong happened, or
On 20100313_111314, Tom H wrote:
When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice
to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically.
Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to be crosslinked.
But when a distrib must be reinstalled because something
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:53:35 -0800, Freeman wrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:16:48PM +, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
Well, that said I like Lenny still uses the old scheme /dev/sdx. At
least if it changes, I still understand it better than the new udev
naming :-)
I've been changing to
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:58 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote:
A bit worrisome to me. UUID must be persistent during normal life of a
device, so it can be used as an identifier.
It is important to distinguish between a device and a partition.
/dev/hda is a device. /dev/hda1 is a partition.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 07:19:13PM +, Camaleón wrote:
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:53:35 -0800, Freeman wrote:
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 08:16:48PM +, Camaleón wrote:
I typo-ed the label for my root partition on my last fstab update but it
mounted anyway as rootfs in mtab. So I put
On 20100313_144620, Stephen Powell wrote:
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:58 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote:
A bit worrisome to me. UUID must be persistent during normal life of a
device, so it can be used as an identifier.
It is important to distinguish between a device and a partition.
Stephen Powell wrote:
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:58 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote:
A bit worrisome to me. UUID must be persistent during normal life of a
device, so it can be used as an identifier.
It is important to distinguish between a device and a partition.
/dev/hda is a device.
I'm working on a computer that I am trying to make dual-boot into both
Lenny and Squeeze. As some are already aware, squeeze rewrites
/etc/fstab to replace devices like /dev/hda2 with a UUID for the
device that is a long computer generated string. I know very little
about UUIDs but I suppose they
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Paul E Condon
pecon...@mesanetworks.net wrote:
I'm working on a computer that I am trying to make dual-boot into both
Lenny and Squeeze. As some are already aware, squeeze rewrites
/etc/fstab to replace devices like /dev/hda2 with a UUID for the
device
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:27:55 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
(...)
I'm looking for reliable information on how UUIDs are generated, and how
their uses is intended within Squeeze, so that I can puzzle out what I
might be doing wrong.
There a FAQ about UUID here. While focused on Linux Mint, I
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:55 -0500 (EST), Paul E Condon wrote:
I'm working on a computer that I am trying to make dual-boot into both
Lenny and Squeeze. As some are already aware, squeeze rewrites
/etc/fstab to replace devices like /dev/hda2 with a UUID for the
device that is a long computer
Hi,
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:27:55 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote:
(...)
I'm looking for reliable information on how UUIDs are generated, and how
their uses is intended within Squeeze, so that I can puzzle out what I
might be
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:21:14 +0100, Javier Barroso wrote:
(...)
Maybe there is a good comparison chart about all these methods that
list their pros and cons :-?
Not a chart, but yes references to why uuid ... :
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=364441
I personally don't like the use of UUIDS by the installer
and I change them back to their traditional names.
I'm also not a uuid fan and find that using disk labels
in /etc/fstab a la /dev/disk/by-label as an alternative
has worked well for me
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Stanley C.
Stephen Powell wrote:
I believe a UUID is generated when the partition is formatted, either with
mkfs or mkswap.
I confirm - just tried shrinking and growing back an extfs. UUID is left
untouched (as expected); that Mint article is BS or just obsolete.
-thib
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On 20100313_020002, thib wrote:
Stephen Powell wrote:
I believe a UUID is generated when the partition is formatted, either with
mkfs or mkswap.
I confirm - just tried shrinking and growing back an extfs. UUID is
left untouched (as expected); that Mint article is BS or just
obsolete.
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