Why use UUIDs in /etc/fstab instead of device names?
139016
Why does fstab use UUID instead of the actual file system name?
1786
How to create a GUID / UUID
109723
Why does my hostname appear with the address 127.0.1.1 rather than 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts?
94309
Not quite grasping /dev/random and /dev/urandom
119994
Is it OK to change /etc/machine-id?
16730
iPhone/iPad unique identifier BESIDES UUID/UDID?
45067
How unique is UUID?
114611
How does the kernel assign cpu ids to physical cores?
118084
How does ping work on Fedora without setuid and capabilities?
148515
Why do Ubuntu releases use names and not just numbers?
97232
How is /etc/fstab accessed before root is mounted?
42886
How to test valid UUID/GUID?
87641
How to mount a NTFS partition in /etc/fstab?
134026
setuid root does not work
50443
What scenarios causes a hard drive UUID to change?
41309
What are reserved filenames for various platforms?
147319
What is meant by mounting a device in Linux?