On Thursday 10 February 2011 06:45:53 Dale wrote: > Joost Roeleveld wrote: > > On Thursday 10 February 2011 06:31:12 Dale wrote: > >> Neil Bothwick wrote: > >>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:00:24 +0200, Petri Rosenström wrote: > >>>> If you use vi(m) you don't have to type too much neither. Just use > >>>> > >>>> :r!blkid /dev/sda in vi(m) and you have the UUID, with some > >>>> :additional > >>>> > >>>> information, but the rest is just vi(m) magic. > >>> > >>> None of which makes fstab any more readable. UUIDs are the worst > >>> option > >>> in this respect, although they do allow disks to be moved around. > >>> Filesystem labels are the best option for readability and not only > >>> do > >>> they allow disks to be moved but also individual filesystems. > >> > >> When I switched mine, I looked into the UUID option but never could > >> figure out how to tell which is what. I have /boot, /, /home, > >> /portage > >> and /var but how do you get it to tell you the number for say /home? > >> Of > >> all the stuff I read, I never did find that. > >> > >> I agree tho, using the plain labels are easier to understand. Even I > >> got that right. ;-) > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > > > > Dale, > > > > Thanks to the email from Petri Rosenström earlier, I finally figured it > > out. If you know the current /dev/.... for it, use: > > blkid /dev/.... > > That will give you the UUID :) > > > > -- > > Joost > > Kewl !! That works. Wonder if I should try this way out. See if I can > mess this up. o_O > > Dale > > :-) :-)
In your case, yes and yes :) Just make sure you got a backup so you can go back to the way it works now ;) -- Joost
