On 20100313_111314, Tom H wrote: > > When I install a 2nd/3rd distrib on a HD, I have made it a practice > > to set up fstab so the existing distrib are mounted automatically. > > Repeated use leads to all functioning distrib to be crosslinked. > > But when a distrib must be reinstalled because something drasticly > > wrong happened, or whatever, access to that replacement distrib in > > all the older distrib is broken because the UUID of the partition > > is changed. > > You could make a note of the UUID before the re-install then re-apply > it to the partition with > tune2fs -U <uuid> /dev/sdaX
I keep learning stuff. I think this, which is verifiably true, contradicts some other things that I remember (and had thought were verifiably true). Thanks for this knowledge which is definitely new to me. It will take me sometime to integrate it into my belief system, but thanks. -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100313183152.gc2...@big.lan.gnu
