On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:19:14AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Luciano Rocha wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 08:46:41AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Luciano Rocha wrote: > >>> But I do use the hostname as the VG, so I think that's best, probably > >>> with current date appended (like: hostname080320). > >> That doesn't sound particularly unique to me. If you set up a dual/multi > >> boot machine you'll probably want it to have the same hostname regardless > >> of the boot choice, and you are likely to install the whole thing in the > >> same day. > > I wasn't talking of changing the hostname to include the date, but of > > changing the VG to include the hostname *and* the date. > > I thought the object here was to ensure that the VG's created by the > separate installs of a multi-boot host did not get the same > automatically-assigned name. You need the same thing for filesystem labels, > especially if you move disks around. You're right, I misunderstood your e-mail. Please see my reply to my reply to your reply... Regards, Luciano Rocha -- lfr 0/0
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