On Wed,10.Sep.08, 21:58:53, Jack Schneider wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:52:30 +0300 > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed,10.Sep.08, 14:24:07, Jack Schneider wrote: > > > > > Thanks, Andrei for the response. Checked out #s and yes they have > > > changed. > > > So I need some further guidance... "In case of any doubt use > > > labels." Any pointers to an appropriate "howto"???? Question > > > 2 What's the impact on FSTAB settings? > > Thanks, again. > > > Here's a (very quick) howto: > > > > * use e2label to create labels for all your partition: > > > This is done by mounting the drive somewhere under grml? > Since I can't boot the OS with the current partition #s. > Seems tricky..8-( since I know less of GRML than "lenny"...I however > can get to a bash term # window. 8-) You don't need to mount the partition to label it. It's actually safer not to mount it :D
> > e2label /dev/hdaX root_part
> >
> > (where 'root_part' is the label for the root partition and /dev/hdaX
> > is the device name of the root partition. Use whatever naming scheme
> > you want).
> >
> > * edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and change the line
> >
> /boot is on a separate partition, which I will have "labeled". Will I
> have a problem mounting /boot under grml?? say with
> ~# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt ?? cd mnt then edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
No, you can still mount devices by name if you want to.
> > # kopt=root=/dev/hda5 ro (other boot options)
> >
> > to
> >
> > # kopt=root=LABEL=root_part ro (other boot options)
> >
> > * also edit the stanza that you will boot and replace
> > 'root=/dev/hda5' with 'root=LABEL=root_part'
> >
> > * edit /etc/fstab and change all references to the device (/dev/hda5,
> > ...) with LABEL={label}
> >
> > * reboot
>
> If it doesn't, then what?
Go through all the steps again and search for typos or so. If you can't
figure it out post the error message back here.
> > * run /usr/sbin/update-grub to regenerate /boot/grub/menu.lst to use
> > the label everywhere.
Don't forget this step.
Regards,
Andrei
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