Booting order / SATA onboard / IDE card

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Mon, 17 May 2010, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 02:41:44PM -0700, Tyler Aviss wrote:
> > No accidental name collisions or name-changes.
> > 
> > On the other hand a UUID config can't be reused on a replacement drive...
> 
> Actually yes they can.  tune2fs can set the UUID of an ext[234]
> filesystem.  Other tools can do the same for other things.  They are
> perfectly setable, they just happen to be automatically generated for
> every filesystem.

   If they are setable, they they have the same potential for name
   collisions.

   My own dislike stems from the fact that I have no idea what drive a
   particular UUID refers to.

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