* Michael Prokop mika@grml.org [20060909 00:15]:
- Mark 27e3kk302@sneakemail.com [20060908 23:15]:
When reading UUID=<insert_long_nummer_here> 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, another approach on my "design-list". I've to discuss it with the other grml-devs and find out which solution might be the best.
Ok, I just took some minutes to finally implement it.
(grml-)rebuildfstab supports LABELs and UUIDs now.
One approach is to check all present partitions/filesystems for their LABELs and if duplicates are found (for example two filesystems with a LABEL named "TEST") generate just one entry (the first device found with the label wins when running "mount /mnt/$LABEL"), this would look like:
http://grml.org/tmp/gkrellShoot_09-11-06_001808.png
The other approach is to check for label duplicates and use UUIDs instead for the labels where uniqueness can't be guaranted:
http://grml.org/tmp/gkrellShoot_09-11-06_002811.png
Both versions add additional information to the fstab-entry so it should be clear what's going on. Of course all the LABEL/UUID stuff will be documented. The according /mnt/[$LABEL|$UUID] directories are created automatically as well, so you don't have to care about anything at all.
Please let me know what you think about it. I will run some more tests before grml-rebuildfstab is going online. If we find a solution most of us like I would prepare a new devel-release so you can explore all the new development stuff on your own.
regards, -mika-