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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/mount.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-utils/mount.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index 8a82e19e2..c99891888 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -148,8 +148,13 @@ partition .B PARTUUID or .B PARTLABEL -(partition identifiers are supported for GUID Partition Table (GPT) and MAC -partition tables only). +(partition identifiers are supported for example for GUID Partition Table (GPT) +partition tables). + +Don't forget that there is no guarantee that UUIDs and labels are really +unique, especially if you move, share or copy the device. Use +.BR "lsblk -o +UUID,PARTUUID" +to verify that the UUIDs are really unique in your system. The recommended setup is to use tags (e.g. LABEL=<label>) rather than .B /dev/disk/by-{label,uuid,partuuid,partlabel} |