Re: [Feature Request] UUID in fstab.
John Nemeth <[email protected]> Sat, 31 Mar 2018 00:21:25 -0700
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On Mar 30, 3:06pm, Utkarsh Anand wrote: } 30.03.2018, 14:59, "S.P.Zeidler" <[email protected]>: } > Thus wrote Utkarsh Anand ([email protected]): } > } >> Oh! I'd have loved it, if it were the case, at all. Alas, linux also } >> has a command line utility blkid(8) to easily get the UUIDs: } >> https://linux.die.net/man/8/blkid } > } > Yes, so? the issue is not "what is the UUID of that new partition" } > but having to add 40 of them to an fstab without the ability to use } > cut & paste or the letters <>|, because the <censored> IDRAC console } > did not allow either. } > This is not a hypothetical example, this is Real Life (tm). } > } > regards, } > spz } } As, I already mentioned, those are to be added while installation just } like linux does. That's what I'm asking for. When /etc/fstab is } generated at the end of installation, instead of putting in, say, } /dev/wd0a, put the UUID (automatically, by default, just like linux). Exactly what UUID would that be anyways? And, where would it be stored? } As for the specifics of how to accomplish this, or the problems that we } might encounter, as I said, I still haven't looked into it, although, it } appears to be fairly simple. Really? If it's so simple, why don't you do it, and get back to us with a patch? And, remember, this is being done for MBR labelled disks. }-- End of excerpt from Utkarsh Anand