Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
Michael Schmarck wrote: · Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another drive, i.e., an external US

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Roy Wright
Michael Schmarck wrote: > Correct. UUIDs are universally unique (as the name already "suggests" *g*) > and thus, there cannot be a clash. Not quite true, drives in a RAID have the same UUID. Here's my raid5 for an xxample: # blkid | grep mdraid /dev/sdb1: UUID="bf59d132-8b98-7d9c-c526-af1cfb835fa

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Michael Schmarck
· Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am Montag, den 21.04.2008, 16:37 +0200 schrieb Anthony E. Caudel: >> I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses >> UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? > > Yes. > >> Does it eliminate the problem of /dev refer

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Question re: UUID

2008-04-21 Thread Michael Schmarck
· Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have noticed in some distros (namely Ubuntu) that the fstab uses > UUID's rather than /dev references. Is this a better way? > > Does it eliminate the problem of /dev references changing when another > drive, i.e., an external USB drive, is plugged