On Wed, May 4, 2011 2:13 pm, Spencer Gibb wrote: > Sorry for the linux related post ;-) > > I have another laptop available to me to use. Rather than install on the > smaller hard drive (and transfer data), I want to move my hard drive from > one laptop to another. My current fstab uses UUID's. Should I keep it that > way when I move it, or change fstab to use /dev/sdaX?
Stick with UUIDs, for sure. They eliminate several possible headaches. (What if devices enumerate in a different order sometimes? Don't laugh. I've had it happen, and it caused no end of headaches, until I switched to using UUIDs.) -- Matthew Walker HAM Call Sign: N7TOX Kydance Hosting & Consulting, Inc. - http://www.kydance.net/ PHP, Perl, and Web Development - Linux Server Administration /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
