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Enhance documentation for UUIDs and copying partitions (#608308) 

Closes Bug #608308 - fix documentation - Copying and Pasting a
                                         Partition
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Curtis Gedak 2012-01-23 12:05:09 -07:00
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
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<!ENTITY date "January 2011">
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<!ENTITY manrevision "1.4">
<!ENTITY date "February 2012">
<!ENTITY app "gparted">
<!ENTITY appname "GParted">
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<copyright>
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<holder>Curtis Gedak</holder>
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as the source partition.
This can cause a problem when mount actions use the
partition label or the UUID to identify the partition.
The problem is that the label and the UUID are not unique.
</para>
<para>
You are advised to do one of the following:
The problem is that the operating system will randomly
select to mount either the source, or the copy of the
partition. For example, on the first mount action the
source partition might be mounted. On the next mount action
the copy of the partition might be mounted. Over time this
random nature of partition mounting might make files seem to
mysteriously appear or disappear depending upon which
partition is mounted.
</para>
<para>
To avoid the problem you are advised to do one of the
following:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Change the UUID of the partition.
See <xref linkend="gparted-changing-partition-uuid"/>.
</para>
<para>
If the partition label is not blank, change the label
of the partition.
See <xref linkend="gparted-setting-partition-label"/>.
After you have applied the copy operation:
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Change the UUID of the partition.
See <xref linkend="gparted-changing-partition-uuid"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
If the partition label is not blank, change the
label of the partition.
See <xref linkend="gparted-setting-partition-label"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Use some other method to ensure that the source
partition and the copy of the source partition
are not used on the same computer at the same time.
partition and the copy of the partition are not used
on the same computer at the same time. For example,
if the copy of the partition is on a separate drive
then remove the drive from the computer.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>