Option to use /dev values instead of UUID values

[Florian Diesch]

Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> writes:

>>> Once my former /home became /tmp after adding a new CD drive, and /tmp
>>> was cleaned at boot time. I was wondering why booting took so long...
>>
>> That is the best cautionary tale ever.
>
> I am trying to see how this would happen. Maybe like this:
> * Before CDROM install:
> ---- hda1 /
> ---- hdb1 /home
> ---- hdc1 /tmp
>
> * After CDROM install:
> ---- hda1 CDROM
> ---- hdb1 /
> ---- hdc1 /home
> ---- hdd1 /tmp

The CDROM became hdb, so / didn't change and the system was still
bootable.

> However, fstab still had hdc1 configured as /tmp. 

I thought I can edit fstab after booting...



   Florian
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