On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 01:24 +0000, Amadeus W.M. wrote: > Just noticed, > > cat /etc/fstab > > UUID=37f495c9-c91c-4310-9598-14076aad3c62 / ext3 > defaults 1 1 > UUID=db242ada-59d9-4cc3-a0c9-04016ba6245d /backup xfs > defaults 1 2 > UUID=fd4ec4c9-4b0a-4742-a5e2-5f3e25f2a3d1 /var xfs > defaults 1 2 > UUID=6fbc5461-6eb5-4bc7-bb75-7ad96da8c161 /usr ext3 > defaults 1 2 > UUID=d21466ea-715d-44be-be5c-b162a1460eb1 /usr/local ext3 > defaults 1 2 > UUID=770ebefb-c760-4aef-81f5-57ff41b80ed4 /tmp ext3 > defaults 1 2 > > etc. > > What's with the cryptic device labels? What creates them? What was wrong > and what happened with the good ole' /dev/sda? and such? The same crap can > be found in grub.conf too. Is it selinux? Are my drives encrypted or > something? > > And what can I do to get back to the sane old-style drive names? > > Yes, I know I can do mount to see what drive is mounted where, but I > really don't understand what purpose this sort of improvement serves. ---- The benefit is to people with multiple installations because it causes a bunch of issues to use standardized labels. Not related to selinux, not related to encryption, just related to absolutely unique handles. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
