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Re: [LUG] Viglen Swap - I hate UUID's!

 

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Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Neil Stone wrote:
> 
>> I actually change ALL the UUIDs to device node names...
> 
> Same here. Can't be doing with this new fangled scheme.. You know where 
> you are with a good old-fashioned partion table and real devices. None of 

I do much the same. Since if you want a set of machines with the same
configuration UUIDs are an added complication.

The only situation they are likely to be useful in is on a machine where
USB devices being plugged in on boot can can change the device names of
internal drives.

> this udev malarkey either!
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