changing partition designations

[Robert Holtzman]

Just had occasion to look at my /etc/mtab and the partition names had
changed from /dev/sda* to /dev/sdb*. My /etc/fstab still shows /dev/sda*.
This *may* have happened when I recently used gparted to create 3 new
partitions (which I have yet to install anything on).What happened and
can I rename back to /dev/sda* or do I live with it and edit /etc/fstab?
The UUID's match those in fstab.

The danger, of course, is that if anything happened that would force me
to reboot, such as a power outage, I'd be screwed....I think.

Any pointers *greatly* appreciated!


-- 
Bob Holtzman
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