-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21/05/2011, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, 21 May 2011 11:33:17 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > >> The install program seems to automatically rewrite UUIDs if you ask it >> to erase a partition. IMHO, the method for handling disk naming is still >> a work in progress. In the meantime, my particular kluge involves using >> labels. They are shorter to type and easier to remember. > > (...) > > I'd say there is no perfect method to manage this. > > I still miss the old-plain-intuitive method for designating block devices > (hda → first ide, hdb → second ide device, sda → first scsi/sata device, > etc...) but we have to cope the new changes because they are vry much > needed (nowadays we connect many devices of diverse nature, most of them > hot-swappable and they cannot overlap).
I recently performed a manual installation of Debian, bypassing partman (in order to bypass a severe problem with partman and/or yaboot that was breaking another OS), and thus configured the fstab manually. I used devices, just like I always do when editing fstabs. It works fine. I don't see any reason to change it? What do UUIDs give me that /dev/hdx or /dev/sdx don't, aside from being harder to read and a pain to setup? > In this regard, every user chooses the best method for identifying hard > disks (I like labels for removable devices and uuid/id for fixed hard > disks) but lastly this is just a matter of convenience, here there is no > "one size fits all", no method is perfect for all the situations and all > of them have their own drawbacks. > > Greetings, > > -- > Camaleón > > > -- > 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/pan.2011.05.21.17.57...@gmail.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Charset: UTF8 Version: Hush 3.0 Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify wsBcBAEBAgAGBQJN2IoiAAoJEKlMTST7VF+oFJUH/iaru04qtSBHYGhrgkq3j6yHCZNz vNjYo54+LJiva7zgH4Nb0GhALacRjyLnVtyMdonYO6gQqvd5KxKjDyP4IO00D1SvJeR2 GQ6bnnGOwN6IFbvhN950SZ9pnVNR7MWt4ftCAaLjg21Oiufgmzph6XBHoGwRuc3wo/CV EkcGmqs8cCWNNo5ENQ+xq6/rEk9oiWscg0zorkIMYfGWXwPhW9sWdwjoXlS0+JtCRTEg x5A7a8ESWp1yRGsBN9cpLxmt/E7me2tOlF+e/aDL2FRA+shNjSzAC8mU8qVN8pA1u3ja 0dCHXTjMvUFOum00k4RRQmlOvtJQLa+ZLIn7/q/L67M= =4LME -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/20110522035930.bc11ee6...@smtp.hushmail.com
