* [PATCH 1/1] fstab.5: NTFS and FAT volume IDs use upper case
@ 2020-12-31 0:32 Heinrich Schuchardt
2021-01-05 13:29 ` Karel Zak
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Heinrich Schuchardt @ 2020-12-31 0:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Karel Zak; +Cc: util-linux, Heinrich Schuchardt
The man-page indicates that mount expects UUIDs to be lower case.
Mention that NTFS and FAT volume IDs are to be specified in upper case.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
---
sys-utils/fstab.5 | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sys-utils/fstab.5 b/sys-utils/fstab.5
index 118df0d3d..2bee712d6 100644
--- a/sys-utils/fstab.5
+++ b/sys-utils/fstab.5
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ Note that
.BR mount (8)
uses UUIDs as strings. The string representation of the UUID should be based on
lower case characters.
+But when specifying the volume ID of FAT or NTFS file systems upper case
+characters are used (e.g UUID="A40D-85E7" or UUID="61DB7756DB7779B3").
.RE
.B The second field
--
2.29.2
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* Re: [PATCH 1/1] fstab.5: NTFS and FAT volume IDs use upper case
2020-12-31 0:32 [PATCH 1/1] fstab.5: NTFS and FAT volume IDs use upper case Heinrich Schuchardt
@ 2021-01-05 13:29 ` Karel Zak
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From: Karel Zak @ 2021-01-05 13:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Heinrich Schuchardt; +Cc: util-linux
On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 01:32:54AM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> sys-utils/fstab.5 | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
Good point. Applied, thanks.
--
Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
http://karelzak.blogspot.com
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