Option to use /dev values instead of UUID values
Tony Arnold
tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk
Mon Mar 15 17:10:11 UTC 2010
Dotan,
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> There was once a lot of noise about the Ubuntu installer writing
> partitions' UUID in fstab instead of using the conventional /dev
> values. I just got around to filing a feature request for it:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/538959
>
> However, it was marked as WONTFIX as there is a kernel parameter for
> this already, and the dev who looked at the bug does not think that
> this option should be visible in the UI. Please comment on that bug
> and ask for it to be reopened if you would like the installer to use
> /dev notation.
It would be helpful if you gave your reasons for wanting this feature.
Regards,
Tony.
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