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Create a more dynamic fstab using UUIDs
Authored by: nvdingo on Mar 04, '03 12:28:04PM

I am not clear on why someone would want to do this. I am sure there is a reason, but the article provides none.



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Create a more dynamic fstab using UUIDs
Authored by: rorya on Mar 04, '03 02:02:22PM

As the author mentions, it gives more flexibility. Using this method would still allow your Mac to mount static mount points, even if you decide to rename the filesystem. UUID, as mentioned, gives the drive a unique ID so it proves to be a more reliable method. I believe, since this information is stored within the slice, you can use this same ID on a different system. So, you could move the drive to a new system and still expect the UUID to work correctly. Most modern Linux distributions and probably other unix-like OSs support this feature now.

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