<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.14.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> Only if the module/kernel involved remaps the device to the right UUID. Considering that seemed to break when the recent kernel changed SATA devices from /dev/hdx to /dev/sdx it could happen again. On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 01:56 -0400, Greg Helton wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> The reasoning behind using UUID vs traditional device names is that an UUID will not change for a partition (unless you reformat it) whereas a device name can change if the drivers get loaded in different orders, drives get moved around, etc :) NoOp wrote: > On 05/22/2007 08:56 AM, NoOp wrote: >> On 05/22/2007 07:26 AM, Derek Broughton wrote: >>> I have an ntfs partition I want to mount at boot time. >>> >>> However, ntfs-3g, being a userspace filesystem, isn't available at boot time >>> and I get an error message when from the mountall.sh script. >>> >>> Is this simply a matter of getting some modules into the initrd image, or is >>> there another way to get a userspace filesystem to mount automatically >>> (short of just creating another script at init level 2). >> Edgy: >> <<A HREF="http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Edgy#How_to_mount_Windows_partitions_.28NTFS.29_on_boot-up.2C_and_allow_users_read_and_write_access">http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Edgy#How_to_mount_Windows_partitions_.28NTFS.29_on_boot-up.2C_and_allow_users_read_and_write_access</A>> >> >> Feisty: >> <<A HREF="http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_mount_Windows_partitions_.28NTFS.29_on_boot-up.2C_and_allow_users_read_and_write_access">http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#How_to_mount_Windows_partitions_.28NTFS.29_on_boot-up.2C_and_allow_users_read_and_write_access</A>> >> [note: ntfs-3g is now in the feisty univers repos] >> >> > > Sorry, forgot to add the relevent bits from my fstab; note that his is > from the edgy to feisty upgrade so it shows both the edgy config (hda1) > and the new feisty config (UUID): > > # Was: /dev/hda1 /media/windows ntfs-3g > auto,group=ntfs,umask=007 0 0 > # /dev/hda1 -- converted during upgrade to edgy > UUID=EE68xyz /media/windows ntfs-3g defaults,local=en_US.utf8 0 0 > # /dev/<your partition> /media/<mount point> ntfs-3g > defaults,locale=en_US.utf8 0 0 > > I've yet to figure out the reasoning for the UUID vs hda1... > > </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> Kind Regards Russell ================== www.windsorcycles.com.au sales@windsorcycles.com.au ph. 02 4577 3209 bikes.no-ip.info Linux user #369094 ================== </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>