[dundee] My answer to Chris and Arron( graphics issue) Next Installment S1E5

[Robert McWilliam]

On 09/12/07 19:57:34, Arron M Finnon wrote:
> Ubuntu uses this Unique I D for it's partition table but it
> can get pretty goosed, i tend to swap it to the partition table number,
> so the last time i deleted the UID number which should look like this
> UUID=4d47188f-df5c-4643-a003-1e572492fc15 and then swapped it for sda5.
> Once you have a wee look at that fstab file it makes a bot more sense. 

The use of UID rather than device file is because the device file isn't always 
the same, e.g. USB drives get a device file based on when they are connected 
and there is no guarantees that multiple such drives will connect in the same 
order after every boot. I've also heard of SATA drives on separate controllers 
swapping round depending on which comes up first. 

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