Set some disk params to be safe

2013-09-05 3 min read Fedora Linux
It is always “Better safe than sorry” so, here are some things you should do.. First check fstab, if you have partitions other than root then use UUID instead of device: UUID=a8f13a0d-3f1f-42e4-b076-f44b4163306c /mnt/Backup ext4 defaults,relatime 1 2 Then entries for all your mounts should be like above. Points to note here : Disk is mounted using the UUID and not with /dev/sdXX. This ensures that even if your disk ids change, you will be able to mount them. Continue reading