UUIDs in fstab

Chuck Anderson cra at WPI.EDU
Wed Apr 30 04:45:30 UTC 2008


On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:35:41AM -0400, Christopher L Tubbs II wrote:
> Granted, I understand that a UUID is just as good as a LABEL, as far as 
> functionality goes, but LABELs are so much easier to read, compare, and 
> type. Why would the F9 installer choose to create UUIDs instead of readable 
> LABELs? I have no idea.

UUIDs are unique.  LABELs may not be.




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