Re: [coLinux-users] giving a uuid in config file / command line

[Henry N. <Hen...@Ar...>]

Andrew Roth wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is it possible to give a uuid on the config / command line in a similar
> way that you can give an eth device a MAC address?
> 
> ex
> 
> hda3=\Device\Harddisk0\Partition3, 94749C99749C7FA2 # <-- specify uuid
> 
> where the line in fstab is
> 
> # /dev/sda3
> UUID=94749C99749C7FA2 /media/sda3     ntfs    defaults,umask=007,gid=46 0
> 
> Because for some reason my ntfs partitions get a different uuid in
> colinux.  Actually, I would be interested to know if that would be a bug
> or not.

The UUID is reading from filesystem, are some bytes from filesystem
superblock and is named GUID of volume.

Big warning! Don't mount a ntfs partition, if it is online in Windows
(have a drive letter). You risk reading wrong datas.

You should use cofs for accessing this drive.

-- 
Henry N.