Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 12.226.91.188]
on September 11, 2008 11:20 PM
Exactly...The UUID needs to be based on something (like the drive serial #?) so that no matter what is done to the drive, the UUID is ALWAYS the same! I have a multi-boot system set up here, and occasionally I will try a new Linux Distro that sounds interesting. Each time, the UUID for the partition the new distro is on is different, so that when I boot into one of the other distros I have installed, the partition with the new distro is not recognized until I change it in the Fstab file in all the other distros. BIG pain in the ASS.
Personally, I only use Debian based distros...change the UUID in Fstab once to /dev/(sd??, or hd?? depending on the actual drive # and partition on the drive) No further problems.
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Re: What UUIDs can do for you
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 12.226.91.188] on September 11, 2008 11:20 PMPersonally, I only use Debian based distros...change the UUID in Fstab once to /dev/(sd??, or hd?? depending on the actual drive # and partition on the drive) No further problems.
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