-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Barclay, Daniel wrote:
> That's not right, is it? Isn't the UUID always of part of the file system? > (Partitioning can't write the UUID; it's only when you format the partition > that the UUID can be written.) Hmmm. That's an excellent point, and I don't know whether it's mkfs or fdisk that creates the UUID. I'm suspecting you're right that it's mkfs, though, because a quick google shows people asking about UUIDs on swap partitions (partitioned, but no fs) -- and 'ls -lf /dev/disk/by-uuid' shows no UUID for the partition my fstab uses for swap. If that's correct, reformatting a partition will (can) invalidate data in fstab and make your machine a real PITA at boot. - -- Glenn English g...@slsware.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklabfoACgkQ04yQfZbbTLZ0hACfZ5fFKuS14ZlYcXROZI1wZcyW wngAn1cxt6aRr1EmYdb+v49Jeh2bwp/K =Ac0i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
