Re: Device naming???

George Bonser (dave@thor.sbay.org)
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 20:31:17 -0700 (PDT)


On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Dancer wrote:

> > LABEL=tmp /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2
> > UUID=3a30d6b4-08a5-11d3-91c3-e1fc5550af17 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
>
> Where's the UUID stored? On the drive? Wouldn't this cause problems with
> systems involving hot-swap drives? (Ie: If a scratch drive fails (as
> many have), and I go 'eek!', swap it and reboot, the drive UUID would be
> different and I'd also have to edit the fstab, right?)

The UUID is stored in the filesystem.

man tune2fs for more information.

davez

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