From: Camaleón on
On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:10:04 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:

> On Tuesday 27 April 2010 15:32:28 giovanni_re wrote:

(...)

>> Did ubuntu do something unwise with making use of UUIDs, & now they are
>> backtracking? Did Debian do any of that?
>
> The Lenny installer defaults to populating /etc/fstab with UUIDs, IIRC.
> The Etch installer still just used device names. UUIDs aren't directly
> related to HAL, although HAL can make use of them.

Just a side note.

My Lenny installation defaulted to "/dev/sdax" nomenclature in both, "/
boot/grub/menu.lst" and "/etc/fstab".

BTW, I installed GRUB legacy.

Greetings,

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Camaleón


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