From 71e87708b9455324ad17b36029d83cc6583420d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:42:54 +0200 Subject: mount: add notes about UUIDs to the man page Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/mount.8 | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'sys-utils/mount.8') 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=