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* Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060911 03:15]:
> > Ok, I just took some minutes to finally implement it.
> > (grml-)rebuildfstab supports LABELs and UUIDs now.
> Fantastic. In response to the soli
* Michael Prokop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060909 00:15]:
> * Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060908 23:15]:
> > > When reading UUID= in fstab you very
> > > probably won't know what kind of device it is. That's what I don't
> > > like.
> > A simple comment line above the UUID solves that.
> Yes, anoth
* Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060908 23:15]:
> > For example I have several devices with label GRMLCFG, so your "It
> > doesn't happen." definitely isn't true.
> Wow, that's right: grml encourages duplicate labels that way. Quite a
> bad thing. How does grml decide among all those duplicates?
> For example I have several devices with label GRMLCFG, so your "It
> doesn't happen." definitely isn't true.
Wow, that's right: grml encourages duplicate labels that way. Quite a
bad thing. How does grml decide among all those duplicates?
> you have to take care of
> users which are used to
* Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060908 07:15]:
> > It fails as soon as multiple devices have the same fs-label.
> Not as bad as /dev/XYZ breakage. One can always construct failure
> scenarios. In all my years I have not once encountered a duplicate fs
> label on any OS. It doesn't happen. Duplic
> It fails as soon as multiple devices have the same fs-label.
Not as bad as /dev/XYZ breakage. One can always construct failure
scenarios. In all my years I have not once encountered a duplicate fs
label on any OS. It doesn't happen. Duplicate files happen all the
time, not duplicate volume n
* Frank Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060905 12:15]:
> Mark wrote:
> > P.S. A kind of bug report:
> > We already have label-based partitions in fstab, but the auto-builder
> > duplicates our manual entries with /dev/XYZ syntax. So now the fstab
> > refers to the same partition twice.
Yes, but
* Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20060905 01:15]:
> > problems start with multiple devices or devices with several
> > partitions on it
> Or moving the USB device from PC to PC. That is the whole point of
> using USB for many people. When you move the device, however, /dev/sda
> becomes /dev/sdd so
Mark wrote:
P.S. A kind of bug report:
We already have label-based partitions in fstab, but the auto-builder
duplicates our manual entries with /dev/XYZ syntax. So now the fstab
refers to the same partition twice.
It is possible to boot "nofstab" but that is not desirable. We still
want auto
P.S. A kind of bug report:
We already have label-based partitions in fstab, but the auto-builder
duplicates our manual entries with /dev/XYZ syntax. So now the fstab
refers to the same partition twice.
It is possible to boot "nofstab" but that is not desirable. We still
want autodetection. Wha
On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 15:58 -0700, Mark wrote:
Labels/UUIDs are not merely preference. They can be *necessary*
Take my case - laptop travels everywhere - niece's camera, colleague's usb memory stick, daughter's boyfriend's usb hd, and so on.
Whatever the technical implementation, let me,
Without commenting on the specifics of Mika's new implementation (I need
to study it), I still want to offer opinions about USB. My users fall
into the USB category.
> problems start with multiple devices or devices with several
> partitions on it
Or moving the USB device from PC to PC. That i
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