On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 04:27:19PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > Op 16-10-2006 om 00:06 schreef Frans Pop: > > On Sunday 15 October 2006 23:45, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > The thing I would like to see is that the _difference_ in device naming > > > between d-i kernel plus fellows and installed kernel plus fellows is > > > solved. > > > > See the discussions that we have had about this in the past. > > The culprit is the kernel/udev: that can load drivers in a different order > > any time. It is not something we can solve in the installer. > > > > The experts have said that using UUID is the best solution. I agree that > > it is extremely ugly.
it is see very practical, see for example this usage example http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2006/08/11/stable-root-device-aka-uuid/ > Dear Kernel developers, > > > Your work is appriceated, but I have a request: > > > Please allow reproducable hardware detection. > > > As systemadministrator I can't affort having a disk that is one moment > /dev/sda and the next reboot /dev/sdb. > > Having a fast booting system is great, having disks swapped not. the kernel _never_ guaranteed stable device nodes, that is an userspace policy. use the tools that provide that. > Please prefer consistence above speed. > > > > Thank you for reading this humble plea. > Geert Stappers edgy udev transforms the fstab to use plain uuids, to guarantee correct root recognition. i guess their installer also add uuid entries to the newly installed fstab - why is that not in d-i? -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
