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 doing wrong. > > There a FAQ about UUID here. While focused on Linux Mint, I think pretty > much fits for Debian, also: > > *** > UUID - what is it and why is it a problem > http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php/UUID_-what_is_it_and_why_is_it_a_problem > *** > > In brief, it seems that chanching/resizing/formatting partitions can lead > into UUID being modified. If that's true, it seems scaring :-/ > > There are other options we can use to identify/mount our devices, say > "label, "id" and "path" (ls -l /dev/disk/*). For instance, last time I > used openSUSE was using "by-id" method in /etc/fstab. > > 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 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=572376
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