[gparted] Further improve help manual wording
- From: Curtis Gedak <gedakc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gparted] Further improve help manual wording
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:36:25 +0000 (UTC)
commit a5eb91e549109a8533ac0f2a6f827b2e2c651ec0
Author: Rogier Goossens <goossens rogier gmail com>
Date: Fri Feb 10 10:10:41 2012 -0700
Further improve help manual wording
See Bug #667278 - Add support for setting UUID
help/C/gparted.xml | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
src/fat16.cc | 4 ++--
src/ntfs.cc | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/gparted.xml b/help/C/gparted.xml
index 6cbde56..905a84e 100644
--- a/help/C/gparted.xml
+++ b/help/C/gparted.xml
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@
<sect3 id="gparted-changing-partition-uuid">
<title>Changing a Partition UUID</title>
<para>
- To change the UUID of a partition:
+ To change the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of a partition:
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -1153,34 +1153,41 @@
</para>
<para>
On FAT and NTFS file systems, the Volume Serial Number
- is treated as the UUID. Changing the Volume Serial
- Number on the Windows system partition, such as C:,
+ is used as UUID. Changing the Volume Serial
+ Number on the Windows system partition, normally C:,
might invalidate the WPA key. An invalid WPA key will
prevent login until you reactivate Windows.
</para>
<para>
In an attempt to avoid invalidating the WPA key, on
NTFS file systems only half of the UUID is set to a
- new random value.
- </para>
- <para>
- If the WPA key is invalidated you will need to
- reactivate Windows before you can login.
+ new random value. On FAT file systems, such a precaution
+ is not possible.
</para>
<para>
The WPA key should not be affected by changing the
UUID of data partitions or removable media partitions.
+ In rare cases, a partition that is present
+ at boot time might be an exception to this rule.
</para>
</warning>
<warning>
<para>
- Changing the UUID might cause a GNU/Linux system to
- fail to boot, or to fail to mount a file system.
+ Changing the UUID when there is no need to do so might
+ cause a GNU/Linux system to fail to boot, or to fail
+ to mount a file system.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Changing the UUID is only required after copying a
+ partition. The UUID change is needed to prevent
+ duplicate UUIDs when both the source and the copy of
+ the partition are used on the same computer.
</para>
<para>
If boot or mount problems occur you might need to edit
- configuration files, such as /etc/fstab, to ensure
- that the correct UUID is specified.
+ configuration files, such as /etc/fstab, and
+ regenerate the grub menu to ensure that the correct
+ UUID is specified.
</para>
</warning>
</listitem>
@@ -1712,8 +1719,9 @@
The copy of the partition has the same label
and the same Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
as the source partition.
- This can cause a problem when mount actions use the
- partition label or the UUID to identify the partition.
+ This can cause a problem when booting, or when mount actions
+ use the partition label or the UUID to identify the
+ partition.
</para>
<para>
The problem is that the operating system will randomly
@@ -1737,22 +1745,30 @@
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Change the UUID of the partition.
+ Change the UUID of either the source, or the copy
+ 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.
+ If the partition label is not blank then change the
+ label of either the source, or the copy of the
+ partition.
See <xref linkend="gparted-setting-partition-label"/>.
</para>
- </listitem>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
+ After you have applied the copy operation, delete or
+ reformat the source partition.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
Use some other method to ensure that the source
partition and the copy of the partition are not used
on the same computer at the same time. For example,
diff --git a/src/fat16.cc b/src/fat16.cc
index 79f24a6..c8a3e06 100644
--- a/src/fat16.cc
+++ b/src/fat16.cc
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ const Glib::ustring fat16::Change_UUID_Warning [] =
{ _( "Changing the UUID might invalidate the Windows Product Activation (WPA) key."
)
, _( "On FAT and NTFS file systems, the"
- " Volume Serial Number is treated as the UUID."
+ " Volume Serial Number is used as the UUID."
" Changing the Volume Serial Number on the Windows system"
- " partition, such as C:, might invalidate the WPA key."
+ " partition, normally C:, might invalidate the WPA key."
" An invalid WPA key will prevent login until you reactivate Windows."
)
, _( "Changing the UUID on external storage media and non-system partitions"
diff --git a/src/ntfs.cc b/src/ntfs.cc
index 0687fbe..429dfbe 100644
--- a/src/ntfs.cc
+++ b/src/ntfs.cc
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ const Glib::ustring ntfs::Change_UUID_Warning [] =
{ _( "Changing the UUID might invalidate the Windows Product Activation (WPA) key."
)
, _( "On FAT and NTFS file systems, the"
- " Volume Serial Number is treated as the UUID."
+ " Volume Serial Number is used as the UUID."
" Changing the Volume Serial Number on the Windows system"
- " partition, such as C:, might invalidate the WPA key."
+ " partition, normally C:, might invalidate the WPA key."
" An invalid WPA key will prevent login until you reactivate Windows."
)
, _( "In an attempt to avoid invalidating the WPA key, on"
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