At 12:59 15.06.00 +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
>On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, John P. Looney (Kate) wrote:
>> > Er, and you delete a partition, and everything stops working..
> >
> > I'd more meant that if you had /dev/discs/labels/ or something,
>>if you use labels/uuid then you don't reference a device. mount will hunt
>down the appropriate device. /etc/fstab:
>>LABEL=my-home-dir-wherever-it-may-be-today /home ... ... ...
Ah ultra-cool. I have a vision of doing the same with floppies and
watching the linux telekinesis module float the floppy from the
floor into the drive, but I suppose that's a little too much to ask for.
C.
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