adding to fstab

[Martin Schulz]

Use blkid's as they are specific to a drive/Partition, else one can mess 
up when
changes in the configuration occur.The multiple disk environment is the 
reason
why blkid's are used, though names still work (sdXX etc).




On 04.01.2013 20:52, Truhn, Chad wrote:
> I would say "It depends".  I am not an expert here, just my own 
> opinion from my experiences.
>
> The benefit of using the label is that you are not 'hard coding' the 
> system to mount a disk at a specified location or can be used as an 
> alias of sorts.  Using a label can be more flexible in dynamic 
> environments where things can change.
>
> For example:
>
> There could be an environment where USB storage is randomly inserted 
> in the system and rather than have the user's work through fdisk and 
> decide which drive is which, label each partition with a label and 
> have them mount it that way.
>
> I have seen FC attached drives from a SAN go a bit crazy with which 
> device name they show up as that day (sdX, sdY, sdZ) due to the order 
> they were loaded in and labels can also help in that scenario (though 
> that is just a workaround to the 'real' issue).
>
> If you are on a desktop system and don't notice any problems I would 
> say that you can use whatever your heart desires.  I'm interested to 
> hear if anyone else has other things to say as well since I have never 
> really had a reason to use blkid.
>
>
> Chad
>
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> *Subject:* adding to fstab
>
> All, I have created a new partition on a spare drive and want to add 
> it to the fstab. I basically see three(3) different ways to do it. All 
> work but what is the preferred way.
> 1. Use Blkid
> 2. Use Label
> 3. Use physical device (/dev/sdb1)
> All seem to work fine.Any preference?
>
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