On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:13:09PM +0200, Max Vozeler wrote: > Hi Guido, > > On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 01:32:42PM +0200, Guido Günther wrote: > > What's the reasoning for using UUID= instead of /dev/disk/by-uuid/ in > > fstab? Non udev systems? > > I wanted to research this question, took me a bit. > > The non-udev case you mentioned is the only reason I could > make out for going with UUID= rather than /dev/disk/by-uuid/. In the multipath case we have to rely on udev anyway so we can easily use the /dev/disk/by-uuid/ version.
> Those systems rely on mount using blkid to find the matching > partition and mount only does it itself when the UUID= > notation is used in fstab. Which isn't the best thing to do with e.g. multipath and some other solutions. Cheers, -- Guido -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
