Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> You're worried that that a mass renaming of partition numbers will >> cause your system to not reboot? That's why LABEL and UUID are now >> used in grub (lilo is restricted to device names) and fstab. > > Call me a luddite but UUID < partition numbers for the simple reason > I can manually write down numbers and be pretty sure I didn't transpose > one of the 4 pieces of data required to get it to work. Every time I > see a UUID I just wanna thunk my head against the desk. > >
Which is why I use labels instead. I can use labels that are words that make sense WRT the usage of the partition: LABEL=debian_root LABEL=Vista_repair ... I had to create the label myself, with something like e2label, initially (installed before learning I needed this feature ;( But if doing a new install, you can easily assign labels if you choose the advanced partitioning method. -- Bob McGowan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba008d7.3060...@symantec.com