On Friday 13 November 2009, Bill Davidsen wrote: >jackson byers wrote: >> Tom Horsley responded >> >>> Everyone seems to think UUID= is infinitely better to use than LABEL=, >>> but specifically because I can control the LABEL but have no control >>> over the UUID, I always change the fstab and wot-not to use LABEL= >>> after giving my partitions meaningful labels with e2label. >> >> I have been converted to using UUIDs also, >> but I have often wondered if it would be >> easy/worthwhile to convert back to using labels. >> In my experience, the UUID for the rootfs >> is also hidden away in the init file in the initrd.img. >> If one tries to convert from UUID to labels, doesn't >> the init file have to be changed also? >> (That requires unpacking, editing the init, repacking.) >> Or is it OK to leave UUID in that init file, but labels elsewhere? > >I am convinced that UUID makes things less convenient but more reliable. > One experience with labels and a USB disk was enough for me, if I hadn't > noticed that the f/s was mounted in the wrong disk data would have been > lost. Can you describe how that scenario was done? I have a 40GB One touch, and a 64 meg and an 8GB key, and would rather avoid the potential if I could see it coming. For my main drive failure 2 days ago, I got another drive, gparted it the way I wanted it, wrote a script to drive rsync -abcAX (with an added H for the /etc tree since I knew there are hard links there) and I did the labels, fixed grub.conf and fstab on the new drive, had to do a couple of grub-install ops, all this after rsync'ing a failing drive to a fresh one I setup with gparted, partitioned the way I like it. It works, and at the instant, my major problem is amanda, it thinks everything is new so its trying to do a level 0 backup on a 35GB tape, of a 115GB system. I will give it more vtapes for tonight's run so it can play catchup. >There are tools to change UUID if you must, but I would rather not in > virtually all cases. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> People who claim they don't let little things bother them have never slept in a room with a single mosquito. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
