On 02 Jul 2008, Bob Cox wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 07:51:20 +0100, Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > I don't understand label in this context. Where is it set? > > This was explained by Florian Kulzer earlier in this thread. (It was > such a good explanation I kept it for future reference!) > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:30:00 +0200, Florian Kulzer > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > You can use UUIDs or labels to refer to the partitions. This is > > robust if a newer kernel changes the device nodes (e.g. from /dev/hda to > > /dev/sda). You can use the "blkid" utility to find out the UUIDs of your > > partitions, or you can set your own labels with e2label (and mkswap -L > > for the swap partition). > > > > To give you an example, I labeled my root partition "root" and this is > > the corresponding fstab entry: > > > > LABEL=root / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > > > If you want to use UUIDs then the syntax is "UUID=....". > > --
Sorry, I hadn't read the e2label line properly. But I don't think it would affect the issue I encountered here, which was a change in the actual partition referred to. The label would still be referring to the wrong partition. Still, now that I know this can happen I will not be caught by it in the future. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
