On Sun 27 Aug 2023 at 14:27:09 (-0500), Tom Browder wrote: > On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 13:27 Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 08:19:35PM +0200, Hans wrote: > > > When I boot the system, then the drives are not mounted as set in > > /etc/fstab. > > > For example, the SDD should mounted to /space, and the unencrypted HDD > > ... > > > Use UUIDs or Labels instead. These won't change, while the device names > > *will* change. > > > Please remind me of when they might change.
As and when the kernel discovers them, ie at boot for those fitted, and when you plug them is for any others. > I'm pretty sure on my latest > host the debian installer used /dev/sda (and partions 1 and 2) instead of a > label or UUID. It might be possible to mistakenly read /etc/fstab as showing that, because of the comment line above the active line: # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> # / was on /dev/sda4 during installation UUID=a1b2c3d4-e5f6-1234-dcba-a1b2c3d4e5f6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 BTW I've not seen the d-i use LABELs, I presume because it can't be certain that they're always going to be unique. > Of course I do want to add drives eventually, so maybe I do need to change > to do that safely. Some computers can give the user a rude awakening when the kernel unexpectedly discovers a plugged-in device before the internal drive. Cheers, David.
