linux-kernel - Re: Switching from (deprecated) IDE driver -> SATA (PATA support)

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Message-ID: <20090126220210.GB26064@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Date:	Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:02:11 -0500
From:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: Switching from (deprecated) IDE driver -> SATA (PATA support)

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 07:15:40AM -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> 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.

I prefer UUIDs.

Much mroe likely to have the same label on multiple drives than the same
UUID.  I don't want to have to worry about what label some usb device
might have if I happen to have it plugged in during a reboot.

Labels do tend to be shorter and more human readable of though.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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