disks renamed in 8.04

[R Kimber]

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:14:34 +0200
Oliver Grawert wrote:

> hi,
> Am Freitag, den 25.04.2008, 21:27 +0100 schrieb R Kimber:
> > Is this new assignment permanent?  Can I rely on it
> > being /dev/sdd1, as it now is, from reboot to reboot?
> no, it isnt, the linux kernel uses partition UUIDs by default for
> identifying devices now, the /dev/sddX and /dev/hddX devices can
> change all the time, use a UUID entry in your fstab to identify the
> drive. this ID stamp gets written at formatting time and will only
> change if you change the formatting of your partition. to get the
> UUID of a partition use the command:
> 
> blkid <partition name>
> 
> where partition name is /dev/sddX or hddX ...

Thanks.  That's helpful.  I have, though, been somewhat wary of
UUIDs ever since an earlier re-install allocated identical UUIDs to two
different drives.

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/