docs: document udev dependency for /dev/disk/by-uuid links - #456
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Explain that cross-filesystem UUID links depend on 60-persistent-storage.rules at link-creation and runtime, with path fallback when UUID lookup is unavailable. Signed-off-by: amarkdotdev <amarkdotdev@users.noreply.github.com>
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| still create `/dev/disk/by-uuid/*` symlinks before relying on UUID-based | ||
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| * [systemd `60-persistent-storage.rules`](https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules) |
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swapped it for a working link
| cross-filesystem links. Example upstream sources: | ||
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| * [systemd `60-persistent-storage.rules`](https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/master/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules) | ||
| * [eudev `60-persistent-storage.rules`](https://github.com/gentoo/eudev/blob/master/rules/60-persistent-storage.rules) |
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This one does work, but it redirects to a new location. Best to link directly to the new location.
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pointed at the dest instead of the redirect
Signed-off-by: Aaron <amark@g.jct.ac.il>
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Summary
/dev/disk/by-uuidand the standard60-persistent-storage.rulesudev rule.Fixes #55
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