Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

[Joost Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org>]

On Thursday 10 February 2011 06:45:53 Dale wrote:
> Joost Roeleveld wrote:
> > On Thursday 10 February 2011 06:31:12 Dale wrote:
> >> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:00:24 +0200, Petri Rosenström wrote:
> >>>> If you use vi(m) you don't have to type too much neither. Just use
> >>>> 
> >>>> :r!blkid /dev/sda in vi(m) and you have the UUID, with some
> >>>> :additional
> >>>> 
> >>>> information, but the rest is just vi(m) magic.
> >>> 
> >>> None of which makes fstab any more readable. UUIDs are the worst
> >>> option
> >>> in this respect, although they do allow disks to be moved around.
> >>> Filesystem labels are the best option for readability and not only
> >>> do
> >>> they allow disks to be moved but also individual filesystems.
> >> 
> >> When I switched mine, I looked into the UUID option but never could
> >> figure out how to tell which is what.  I have /boot, /, /home,
> >> /portage
> >> and /var but how do you get it to tell you the number for say /home? 
> >> Of
> >> all the stuff I read, I never did find that.
> >> 
> >> I agree tho, using the plain labels are easier to understand.  Even I
> >> got that right.  ;-)
> >> 
> >> Dale
> >> 
> >> :-)  :-)
> > 
> > Dale,
> > 
> > Thanks to the email from Petri Rosenström earlier, I finally figured it
> > out. If you know the current /dev/.... for it, use:
> > blkid /dev/....
> > That will give you the UUID :)
> > 
> > --
> > Joost
> 
> Kewl !!  That works.  Wonder if I should try this way out.  See if I can
> mess this up.  o_O
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)

In your case, yes and yes :)
Just make sure you got a backup so you can go back to the way it works now ;)

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Joost