Option to use /dev values instead of UUID values

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Mon Mar 15 19:03:26 UTC 2010


On 15 March 2010 20:14, Amedee Van Gasse (ub) <amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be> wrote:
> On Mon, March 15, 2010 18:23, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> It would be helpful if you gave your reasons for wanting this feature.
>>>
>>
>> I often have several bootable partitions, and if I have to edit fstab
>> by hand it is easier if the /dev values are used.
>
> What is your definition of "easier"?
> * that you don't need an external program to lookup the relation between
> UUID and device?
> * that a UUID is longer and harder to remember?

Yes, those two. A UUID is not hard to remember. It is impossible.


> * something else?
>

If I have to write them down (sometimes I do) I can do that easily
with /dev notation. Not so with UUID.

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