On 2011-10-03, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Florian Philipp <li...@binarywings.net> wrote: >> Am 03.10.2011 20:40, schrieb Grant Edwards: >>> Just recently I've run in to problems because my hard drives are not >>> detected in a predictable order, so my fstab that mount /dev/sdb1 and >>> /dev/sdc1 sometimes result in directory trees in the wrong places >>> (/dev/sda seems consistent, but I don't know why). >>> >>> What's the recommended way to fix this? >>> >> >> Mount by UUID or label. In /etc/fstab, specify UUID=foo or LABEL=bar >> instead of /dev/sdx1. You can current UUIDs and labels with `ls -l >> /dev/disk/by-uuid` and `ls -l /dev/disk/by-label`, respectively. > > Or another way I think is easier: run /sbin/blkid which will tell you > all of the info at once, such as: > > /dev/sda1: LABEL="boot" UUID="a3193af5-35e1-4908-bfbd-928e8841ead3" > TYPE="ext2" > /dev/sda2: LABEL="root" UUID="feaa6b06-5935-491d-9aef-fe1415c380b6" > TYPE="ext4" > /dev/sda3: LABEL="swap" UUID="da4437c5-6f19-409a-a71a-ee63be6ef2e5" > TYPE="swap" > /dev/sda4: LABEL="home" UUID="145fb951-6f01-4cff-b221-278b72c0604f" > TYPE="ext4" > > It also tells you the RAID member uuid and sub_uuid for your RAID > partitions, and more (man blkid).
That's one I need to remember! -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I want a WESSON OIL at lease!! gmail.com