From: Hugo Mills <hugo@carfax.org.uk>
To: Hendrik Friedel <hendrik@friedels.name>
Cc: linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Mount multiple-device-filesystem by UUID
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:44:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130727194448.GO20517@carfax.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51F41702.2000508@friedels.name>
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On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 08:52:50PM +0200, Hendrik Friedel wrote:
> As stated in the wiki, multiple-device filesystems (e.g. raid 1)
> will only mount after a btfs device scan, or if all devices are
> passed with the mount options.
>
> I remember, that for Ubuntu 12.04 I changed the initrd. But after a
> re-install, I have to do this again, and I don't remember how I did
> it.
With Ubuntu, just install the btrfs-tools package. It should modify
the initrd correctly.
> So, the other option would be passing the devices in the fstab. But
> here, I'd prefer UUIDs rather than device names, as they can change.
This is why we don't recommend using device= mount flags.
> Is this possible? What is the syntax?
I don't believe it is possible. Finding filesystems by UUID is (I
think) a userspace-based thing, so you'd have to have an initrd
anyway.
Hugo.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-27 19:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-27 18:50 Mount multiple-device-filesystem by UUID Hendrik Friedel
2013-07-27 18:52 ` Hendrik Friedel
2013-07-27 19:44 ` Hugo Mills [this message]
2013-07-27 22:14 ` Duncan
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2013-07-28 8:37 ` Duncan
2013-07-28 18:57 ` Hendrik Friedel
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