I recently noticed my updated debian install (7.4 Wheezy) was displaying the root file system as \/dev\/disk\/by-uuid\/aa89d2a0-12cc-4378-b3be-7788999529a2 instead of by device and partition ID (\/dev\/sda3 in my case)<\/p>\n
I found this solution at
\nhttp:\/\/blog.mbentley.net\/2013\/09\/df-reports-root-fs-as-by-uuid-symlink-instead-of-actual-device\/
\nWhich references a solution at
\nhttp:\/\/crunchbang.org\/forums\/viewtopic.php?id=25901
\n
\nHere’s the solution:<\/p>\n
Create a file
\n\/etc\/initramfs-tools\/scripts\/local-premount\/rootdevice<\/p>\n
Paste the following into this file
\n#!\/bin\/sh
\n# Mimic a “normal” mount of root device by translating the device link
\n# (UUID or LABEL) to the actual device.<\/p>\n
set -e<\/p>\n
[ “$1” = prereqs ] && exit 0<\/p>\n
REALROOT=`readlink -f ${ROOT}`
\n[ “${REALROOT}” ] && echo “ROOT=${REALROOT}” >> \/conf\/param.conf<\/p>\n
exit 0<\/p>\n
Make the file executable
\nchmod +x \/etc\/initramfs-tools\/scripts\/local-premount\/rootdevice
\nUpdate initramfs
\nupdate-initramfs -u<\/p>\n
Reboot and it should reference the partition instead of the UUID<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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