Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1660 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Saturday, 2009-12-12 at 18:54 -0500, Brian K. White wrote:

> Lars Müller wrote:

> >  The approach of using /dev/disk/by-id makes things more reliable.  The
> >  device name stays idependent of the order the controllers get
> >  initialized.
> >
> >  Or think about adding a new disk to an existing system.  Your old device
> >  names stay independet if a controller or new disks get added.
>
> Yeah, except, with the old way I could copy an opld drive to a new drive  and 
> the new drive would still be that same /dev/sdXx, and all bootloader configs 
> would magically still work without editing or adjusting even though I'd 
> completely replaced the drive.
>
> The by-id way breaks in that case. all the id's change.

No, it doesn't break. You simply have to use /dev/disk/by-uuid/ instead. 
Just choose the method appropriate to your case.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.

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