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[openFATE 306321] Disk id change in fstab
- From: fate_noreply@xxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:01:50 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <feature-306321-10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Feature changed by: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger)
Feature #306321, revision 10
- Title: disk id change in fstab
+ Title: Disk id change in fstab
openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd_sysop)
Description:
- "That basic request is that one or more simple tools be provided to
+ That basic request is that one or more simple tools be provided to
allow a fstab to be automatically converted from /dev/sdaX nomenclature
- to one of the preferred methods." In other words, its now necessary to
- use YaST partitionner to change the fstab entry from /dev/sdx to the
- veeeeeeeeery long disk identification. This is very scary and is now
- nearly mandatory for updates. So it would be important to have some
- utility to make only this change in fstab and no other. If possible add
- the choice to use and set on the fly disk ID.
+ to one of the preferred methods.
+ In other words, its now necessary to use YaST partitioner to change the
+ fstab entry from /dev/sdx to the veeeeeeeeery long disk identification.
+ This is very scary and is now nearly mandatory for updates. So it would
+ be important to have some utility to make only this change in fstab and
+ no other. If possible add the choice to use and set on the fly disk
+ ID.
Discussion:
#1: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) (2009-04-01 15:44:41)
I believe as part of this a method/tool will have to be found that will
allow a swap partition to be labeled while in use.
I tried this via the yast-partitioner and it failed (See bugzilla
490817 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490817) ) I also
attempted from the CLI via mkswap -L. Not too surprised that this
failed and I doubt it is a bug, but merely the way it works. I am
unaware of any tool/app that is specifically designed to allow the
label to be set with the swap partition in use.
#2: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) (2009-04-01 15:49:21)
Also, the new feature should be available to at least 11.1 users, so
that the 11.2 upgrade process can tell users to perform the fstab
restructure via a specific tool. Currently it just says something like:
Warning
Some partitions on /dev/sda/ are mounted by kernel-device name. This is
not reliable for the update since kernel device names are not
persistent. It is strongly recommended to start the old system and
change the mount-by method to any other method for all partitions.
#3: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) (2009-04-01 17:08:29)
Currently, the fstab could be switched to /dev/disk/by_uuid/ with
little effort other than the swap partition as I mentioned before.
If the tool were to need to support mount by_label for filesystems,
then labeling various mounted filesystems would be needed. I tested
doing this via the yast-partitioner and found that ext3 and xfs can be
labeled and the fstab updated on the fly.
reiserfs failed for me. So online label support would need to be
developed for it as well.
#4: Rajko Matovic (rajko_m) (2009-04-06 01:39:06)
As this is about adding tools to handle partitions, there is yet
another for workflow in YaST Partitioner that will allow to label
partition without including it in static configuration file /etc/fstab
. External drives, USB sticks, memory cards, as devices that are
dynamically mounted under /media most of the time, and don't need to be
in fstab.
Current setup allows to Edit partition information, but after that
partition is listed in fstab, and user have to mount it by hand.
#5: Robert Stia (bob_s) (2009-05-20 05:10:53)
An upgrade to 11.2 is a harrowing exercise. The hard disk designations
are changed and no labels or designations are available or possible to
set during the upgrade. A separate tool or access to the expert
partioner is needed. One cannot set labels or verify partions to be
used in the upgrade
+ #6: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2009-07-10 11:59:23)
+ Arvin, does this make sense? Is it easy possible to write such a script
+ for you?
+ Is anybody else willing to contribute such a script?
--
openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/306321
Feature #306321, revision 10
- Title: disk id change in fstab
+ Title: Disk id change in fstab
openSUSE-11.2: Unconfirmed
Priority
Requester: Important
Requested by: Jean-Daniel Dodin (jdd_sysop)
Description:
- "That basic request is that one or more simple tools be provided to
+ That basic request is that one or more simple tools be provided to
allow a fstab to be automatically converted from /dev/sdaX nomenclature
- to one of the preferred methods." In other words, its now necessary to
- use YaST partitionner to change the fstab entry from /dev/sdx to the
- veeeeeeeeery long disk identification. This is very scary and is now
- nearly mandatory for updates. So it would be important to have some
- utility to make only this change in fstab and no other. If possible add
- the choice to use and set on the fly disk ID.
+ to one of the preferred methods.
+ In other words, its now necessary to use YaST partitioner to change the
+ fstab entry from /dev/sdx to the veeeeeeeeery long disk identification.
+ This is very scary and is now nearly mandatory for updates. So it would
+ be important to have some utility to make only this change in fstab and
+ no other. If possible add the choice to use and set on the fly disk
+ ID.
Discussion:
#1: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) (2009-04-01 15:44:41)
I believe as part of this a method/tool will have to be found that will
allow a swap partition to be labeled while in use.
I tried this via the yast-partitioner and it failed (See bugzilla
490817 (https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490817) ) I also
attempted from the CLI via mkswap -L. Not too surprised that this
failed and I doubt it is a bug, but merely the way it works. I am
unaware of any tool/app that is specifically designed to allow the
label to be set with the swap partition in use.
#2: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) (2009-04-01 15:49:21)
Also, the new feature should be available to at least 11.1 users, so
that the 11.2 upgrade process can tell users to perform the fstab
restructure via a specific tool. Currently it just says something like:
Warning
Some partitions on /dev/sda/ are mounted by kernel-device name. This is
not reliable for the update since kernel device names are not
persistent. It is strongly recommended to start the old system and
change the mount-by method to any other method for all partitions.
#3: Greg Freemyer (gregfreemyer) (2009-04-01 17:08:29)
Currently, the fstab could be switched to /dev/disk/by_uuid/ with
little effort other than the swap partition as I mentioned before.
If the tool were to need to support mount by_label for filesystems,
then labeling various mounted filesystems would be needed. I tested
doing this via the yast-partitioner and found that ext3 and xfs can be
labeled and the fstab updated on the fly.
reiserfs failed for me. So online label support would need to be
developed for it as well.
#4: Rajko Matovic (rajko_m) (2009-04-06 01:39:06)
As this is about adding tools to handle partitions, there is yet
another for workflow in YaST Partitioner that will allow to label
partition without including it in static configuration file /etc/fstab
. External drives, USB sticks, memory cards, as devices that are
dynamically mounted under /media most of the time, and don't need to be
in fstab.
Current setup allows to Edit partition information, but after that
partition is listed in fstab, and user have to mount it by hand.
#5: Robert Stia (bob_s) (2009-05-20 05:10:53)
An upgrade to 11.2 is a harrowing exercise. The hard disk designations
are changed and no labels or designations are available or possible to
set during the upgrade. A separate tool or access to the expert
partioner is needed. One cannot set labels or verify partions to be
used in the upgrade
+ #6: Andreas Jaeger (a_jaeger) (2009-07-10 11:59:23)
+ Arvin, does this make sense? Is it easy possible to write such a script
+ for you?
+ Is anybody else willing to contribute such a script?
--
openSUSE Feature:
https://features.opensuse.org/306321
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