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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 0b16032f0..7a0103ed9 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ installation-guide (2009xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low - Show some sections on mipsel that apply there too. - Say that the Cobalt Qube 2700 (Qube1) is no longer supported. + [ Colin Watson ] + * Merge from Ubuntu: + - Document partman/mount_style, which controls how filesystems are + mounted. + -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:13:46 +0200 installation-guide (20090427) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml index 834ac829d..1b1fc75f3 100644 --- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml +++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml @@ -1090,6 +1090,43 @@ d-i partman/confirm boolean true </sect2> + <sect2 id="preseed-partman-mount-styles"> + <title>Controlling how partitions are mounted</title> +<para> + +Normally, filesystems are mounted using a universally unique identifier +(UUID) as a key; this allows them to be mounted properly even if their +device name changes. UUIDs are long and difficult to read, so, if you +prefer, the installer can mount filesystems based on the traditional device +names, or based on a label you assign. If you ask the installer to mount by +label, any filesystems without a label will be mounted using a UUID instead. + +</para><para> + +Devices with stable names, such as LVM logical volumes, will continue to use +their traditional names rather than UUIDs. + +</para> + +<warning><para> + +Traditional device names may change based on the order in which the kernel +discovers devices at boot, which may cause the wrong filesystem to be +mounted. Similarly, labels are likely to clash if you plug in a new disk or +a USB drive, and if that happens your system's behaviour when started will +be random. + +</para></warning> + +<informalexample role="example"><screen> +# The default is to mount by UUID, but you can also choose "traditional" to +# use traditional device names, or "label" to try filesystem labels before +# falling back to UUIDs. +#d-i partman/mount_style select uuid +</screen></informalexample> + + </sect2> + <sect2 id="preseed-base-installer"> <title>Base system installation</title> <para> |