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Re: [Sheflug] printer help

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Subject: Re: [Sheflug] printer help
From: Dean Sas <dean@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:23:38 +0000
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Peter Humphrey wrote:
> I tried installing Kubuntu yesterday, but it doesn't like my disk partitions 
> for some reason. (Does anyone here know why it uses UUIDs instead of device 
> names in /etc/fstab?)

It's supposed to make things more robust when you change your disks 
around.  Device names can change if you change your partioning scheme or 
add new drives for example. UUIDs don't.

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