Re: changing file system names

What you're talking about is exactly why Ubuntu and some other distos went
with UUID's instead of paths in /etc/fstab. Does your distro support those?

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=53bb8ce3-7822-46ba-a18a-34d00d1f70b7 /               ext3
defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm@cox.net> wrote:

> Just had occasion to look at my /etc/mtab and the file system names had
> changed from /dev/sda* to /dev/sdb*. My /etc/fstab still shows /dev/sda*.
> This may have happened when I recently used gparted to create 3 new
> partitions (which I have yet to designate labels or mount points for).
> What happened and can I rename back to /dev/sda* or do I live with it and
> edit /etc/fstab?
>
> The danger, of course, is that if anything happened that would force me to
> reboot, such as a power outage, I'd be screwed....I think.
>
> Any pointers *greatly* appreciated!
>
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