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(In reply to comment #9)
>
> A side note: when adding directories of local FS (it is on dm-crypt+LVM
> volume), I get the following warning:
> It is not possible on your system to identify the storage medium of this path.
> It will be added using the file path as the only identifier. This will work
> well for your local disk.
>
> Since this is the local disk, I think this warning will just confuse the
> user...
I agree that I always find this a very odd warning. Basically it seems to say "here's a problem -- although what the problem is isn't at all obvious -- but you can ignore this message if you're using a local disk".
I've always ignored it, but also every time I see it I wonder "what would I do if I received this message but was using a FUSE filesystem that was physically remote but appeared as a local disk to the system?" There doesn't seem to be any advice given as to what to do if you're not using a local disk. So, yes, all-in-all, the user is left with no clear idea what the message means, nor whether it really affects him, nor what to do about it. So anything you can do to improve this situation would be A Good Thing.