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On 25 March 2010 10:30, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michael Mortimore wrote: >> >> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:49:30 -0000, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> The UUIDs on the new disk will be different and will need to be changed. >>> I just thought that this might be a common maintenance problem and >>> someone might have just made a script for it or something.... >>> Tom te tom te tom >> >> I disagree. The UUID identifies the partition and it is stored with the >> partition it identifies. dding the disk across will not cause problems in >> that regard. > > I hope your right -I'd read that the UUID also contains data such as > partition size and that (as I will be using different sized partitions) then > I'd have to tidy up with gparted or similar and then the UUIDs would be > changed > Tom te tom te tom > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > also if the distro uses UUIDs in grub it will also use them in fstab (which can be worse) Much prefer LABELS -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html