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Re: UUIDs in fstab

From: Chuck Anderson <cra WPI EDU>
To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases <fedora-test-list redhat com>
Subject: Re: UUIDs in fstab
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:45:30 -0400

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:35:41AM -0400, Christopher L Tubbs II wrote:
> Granted, I understand that a UUID is just as good as a LABEL, as far as 
> functionality goes, but LABELs are so much easier to read, compare, and 
> type. Why would the F9 installer choose to create UUIDs instead of readable 
> LABELs? I have no idea.

UUIDs are unique.  LABELs may not be.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: UUIDs in fstab
  - From: Andrew Farris

References:
- UUIDs in fstab
  - From: Christopher L Tubbs II

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