Messages in this thread | | | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Switching from (deprecated) IDE driver -> SATA (PATA support) | Date | Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:44:09 -0500 |
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Justin Piszcz wrote: > > > On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> Justin Piszcz wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Justin Piszcz wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Justin Piszcz wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 25 Jan 2009, Alan Cox wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Easiest is to use labels. Old ide will keep hda,b,c,d constant >>>>>> providing you have interfaces using the legacy IDE port mappings >>>>>> (0x1f0 >>>>>> and 0x170). Libata doesn't do that as pretty much every >>>>>> distribution had >>>>>> already switched to volume labels, and the user space can do the >>>>>> job far >>>>>> better than the kernel - especially as the newer devices with modern >>>>>> interfaces don't have the old BIOS/DOS legacy ideas any more. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mount by label also means you can flip back and forth between the >>>>>> different drivers and kernel revisions. >>>>>> >>>>>> Alan >>>>>> >>>> It comes with one :) >>>> # xfs_admin -u /dev/sdd2 >>>> UUID = 77ae4251-631f-4656-a365-c5723f5c5da8 >>>> >>>> Will try to use this to boot; however, I'd prefer the labels over >>>> the UUID, wish there was an easy way to set it. >>>> >>>> Justin. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> xfs mailing list >>>> xfs@oss.sgi.com >>>> http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs >>>> >>> >>> One final question, without udev, how does one determine the UUID of >>> a non-XFS >>> partition, e.g., swap? >>> >> One uses blkid. Which suggests that you can solve your name problem by >> not using names and switching to UUID. > > This will fix the /etc/fstab issue but not LILO/boot one, per the > earlier poster, need an initrd/etc for that. > Good point, I have not used LILO since about Slackware 8.1, or any system w/o initrd in ages. I suppose there is a benefit to running without initrd, but I confess that I can't remember what it is. So I don't immediately consider the issues and limitations if you run without initrd.
Well I answered how to GET the UUID, he didn't ask me how to USE it. And I certainly didn't think of it, even though the info was there. :-(
-- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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