> Hi, > > Debian release team has published the latest "Bits from the Release > Team" (dated April 1st) and this document > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/04/msg00001.html > includes the following: > > > There are some other transitions that we are aware of that are > > currently prepared and/or already going on: > > [...] > > > * linux-2.6/linux-base libata transition > > New drivers using 'libata' are about to replace the old IDE > > drivers. linux-base will prompt you on x86 to upgrade your > > configuration files (fstab, bootloader) to refer to stable UUIDs > > instead of unpredictable device names. > > I wonder how this will affect FAI; both the disk partitioning and > bootloader configuration? Is this a good thing to wait for, or a major > headache ahead? >
I'm not sure how this upgrade will proceed if UUIDs are already in use; setup-storage has supported UUIDs ever since (using the fstabkey:uuid option) and myself I'm also using a preinst script to put the UUIDs into grub's menu.lst. That seems to work really well as device names weren't usable as keys on (multiple) SCSI devices anyway. Best, Michael
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