On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:28:19 -0500 PMA <peterarmstr...@aya.yale.edu> wrote:
> Hi List. > > I have installed Squeeze from scratch using a USB stick. > The installer regarded that stick as "/dev/sda". So the > /etc/fstab that it installed lists my system disk (til now > always "/dev/sda") as "/dev/sdb", and similarly my 2nd > disk (til now "/dev/sdb") as "/dev/sdc". > > If I now run 'mount' (with USB stick removed), it names > these devices as I had originally -- system disk '/dev/sda', > secondary '/dev/sdb'. > > Meanwhile, /etc/fstab is specifying each device, not as > either of those names, but as a mile-long UUID number. > > So my question: When I rebooting, can I safely assume > that, because fstab is using UUIDs and not "/dev/..."(s), > the system won't get confused? > > Thanks, > Pete > > I had an entry listing /dev/sdb1 as... #/dev/sdb1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 Which was a known bug. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597223 -- 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/20110226170401.6a44167e@t61.debian-linux
