slow booting after installation of another Linux

Kevin Cozens kevin-4dS5u2o1hCn3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org
Mon Oct 8 16:25:43 UTC 2012


D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> Spoiler:
> The problem was that I let the new installation reformat the swap
> partition.  In the process, it gave it a new UUID.  That means that
> the fstab entries on the old system referred to the partition by a
> UUID that no longer existed or worked.

It is also why I avoid using UUID's in fstab.

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