-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/03/08 11:52, Jonathan Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 02 January 2008 23:40, Paul Johnson wrote: >> On Jan 2, 2008 9:37 PM, Jonathan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Is there something I can do about this? To make the new drive be sdc, I >>> mean? >> Why not mount by filesystem label instead of device name? The >> filesystem label doesn't change just because disks decided to detect >> in a different order. > > On Thursday 03 January 2008 09:49, Ron Johnson wrote: > [Are you Johnson's related? :-D] >> But if you don't want to recreate your swap partitions, you can >> still refer to them by UUID. >> >> # tune2fs -l /dev/sda1 | grep UUID >> >> Then edit /etc/fstab: >> UUID="3324e03c-f071-47da-b5eb-3889836d802e" swap swap pri=1 0 0 >> >>> Is there no way to control the order that the sata controllers >>> get mapped ? >> Maybe, but labels and UUIDs obviate the need. > > Someone else said using IDs in fstab only works with ext2/3, obviously > tune2fs > does, and I use ReiserFS. What then? I'm interested in the "Maybe" part, > since UUIDs won't work for my situation.
I believe that either "Someone else" is mistaken, or you are misreading something. Or I gave you the wrong command... Obviously, tune2fs won't work on swap partitions. So, instead use /sbin/blkid. # blkid /dev/sda1 (I use swap *files*, so can't give you an example from my own system.) > P.S. I hadn't noticed that dave N had started a thread with the same > question. > Duh :-) - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHfTEuS9HxQb37XmcRAlPwAKDrUnqDQeSNLNS8ZTTsbDPHy8DlHwCgmJbp byFtYr9XY1UKGOEg20Ec544= =kEyK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
