[gparted] Enhance documentation for UUIDs and copying partitions (#608308)
- From: Curtis Gedak <gedakc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gparted] Enhance documentation for UUIDs and copying partitions (#608308)
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:34:37 +0000 (UTC)
commit c304afe9949a2b2a7cce03cb630f7586151ec35d
Author: Curtis Gedak <gedakc gmail com>
Date: Mon Jan 23 12:05:09 2012 -0700
Enhance documentation for UUIDs and copying partitions (#608308)
Closes Bug #608308 - fix documentation - Copying and Pasting a
Partition
help/C/gparted.xml | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/gparted.xml b/help/C/gparted.xml
index 3748d5f..ffc88fd 100644
--- a/help/C/gparted.xml
+++ b/help/C/gparted.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
- <!ENTITY appversion "0.8.0">
- <!ENTITY manrevision "1.3">
- <!ENTITY date "January 2011">
+ <!ENTITY appversion "0.12.0">
+ <!ENTITY manrevision "1.4">
+ <!ENTITY date "February 2012">
<!ENTITY app "gparted">
<!ENTITY appname "GParted">
<!-- Information about the entities:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
</abstract>
<copyright>
- <year>2008, 2009, 2010, 2011</year>
+ <year>2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012</year>
<holder>Curtis Gedak</holder>
</copyright>
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@
<!-- modifying/reusing someone else's document. If not, you can omit it. -->
<revhistory>
<revision>
+ <revnumber>&appname; Manual V1.4</revnumber>
+ <date>February 2012</date>
+ <revdescription>
+ <para role="author">Curtis Gedak</para>
+ <para role="publisher">&appname; Project</para>
+ <para role="annotations">Describes version 0.12.0 of &appname;</para>
+ </revdescription>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
<revnumber>&appname; Manual V1.3</revnumber>
<date>January 2011</date>
<revdescription>
@@ -1668,27 +1677,48 @@
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>
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