From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 09:35:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 09:35:08 -0400 Received: from nat-pool-meridian.redhat.com ([199.183.24.200]:64402 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 09:34:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 14:34:37 +0100 From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" To: Michael Meissner Cc: "Stephen C. Tweedie" , Miles Lane , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants Message-ID: <20010521143437.B8080@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <3B0261EC.23BE5EF0@idb.hist.no> <031ypp1oi2.fsf@colargol.tihlde.org> <3B028063.67442F62@idb.hist.no> <990030651.932.3.camel@agate> <20010516121815.B16609@munchkin.spectacle-pond.org> <20010518151750.A10515@redhat.com> <20010519162011.A22211@munchkin.spectacle-pond.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010519162011.A22211@munchkin.spectacle-pond.org>; from meissner@spectacle-pond.org on Sat, May 19, 2001 at 04:20:11PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 04:20:11PM -0400, Michael Meissner wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 03:17:50PM +0100, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > Presumably, a new UUID is created each time format a partition, which means it > is a slight bit of hassle if you have to reload a partition from a dump, or > copy a partition to another disk drive. In the scheme of things, it is not a > large hassle perhaps, but it is a hassle. Right. Tune2fs can reset the UUID on an existing filesystem, but if you want something immune from the possible collisions of LABEL namespaces, you can't really avoid ending up with different IDs on filesystems after a restore. Cheers, Stephen