Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: [snip] > On early BSDI machines, (notice this is the > commercial BSD version), due to inability of BSDI to see drives properly > in some instances... > > Everything except the first drive, was mounted on /drives/$drivename/ > >

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 18:12 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 04:41:02PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > >> It seems that many guides say to put your windows partition in > >> /mnt/windows or /media/windows. That would suggest to me that that is > >> the plac

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 04:41:02PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > >> It seems that many guides say to put your windows partition in >> /mnt/windows or /media/windows. That would suggest to me that that is >> the place where ot

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 04:41:02PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > It seems that many guides say to put your windows partition in > /mnt/windows or /media/windows. That would suggest to me that that is > the place where other file systems go. That's where my question stems > from as to why /mnt and /m

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 09:35:24AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Greg Folkert wrote: >>> On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 20:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: This discussion wouldn't be complete without a note about the FHS.

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 09:35:24AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Greg Folkert wrote: >>> On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 20:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: This discussion wouldn't be complete without a note about the FHS.

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 09:35:24AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 20:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >> This discussion wouldn't be complete without a note about the FHS. > >> (see man hier and the debian policy manual). > >> > >> There are four places

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On 4/5/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Manon, This discussion wouldn't be complete without a note about the FHS. (see man hier and the debian policy manual). The FHS is a policy document about what directories can be where and what they're used for. Thanks Doug. I will do

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote the following on 06.04.2007 02:34: > a partition lable and a mount point are two totally unrelated things, That´s absolutly correct. > almost. Almost because there is a way (I don't do it, so I'll be vague) > to use disk lables in fstab to refer to partitions instead

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 20:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >> This discussion wouldn't be complete without a note about the FHS. >> (see man hier and the debian policy manual). >> >> The FHS is a policy document about what dire

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manon Metten wrote: > > So I changed fstab, rebooted and found /xyz to be changed to /store. > fstab says: /dev/hdb4 /storeext3defaults > 0 2 > I have access now to /dev/hdb4 by means of the logical mount point /sto

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 20:49 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > This discussion wouldn't be complete without a note about the FHS. > (see man hier and the debian policy manual). > > The FHS is a policy document about what directories can be where and > what they're used for. > > Almost the whol

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 04:58:12PM -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > On 4/5/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 16:43 -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > > > >> The odd thing however is, when I type 'ls /' /xyz as well as /store > >> show up, although /xyz is not mounted of cou

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 02:41:03PM -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > On 4/5/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:06:51AM -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > >> Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > >> > >> I want to change the name

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On 4/5/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 16:43 -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > The odd thing however is, when I type 'ls /' /xyz as well as /store > show up, although /xyz is not mounted of course. How do I get rid of > this /xyz statement (and where does it come fr

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 16:43 -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Thanks for your detailed explanation. I appreciate it very much. > Hope I understand it better now: > > /xyz is a logical mount point that I can use to access my physical > partition /dev/hdb4 - correct? > Whatever name for a m

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On 4/5/07, Bob McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Manon Metten wrote: > On 4/5/07, *Douglas Allan Tutty* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:06:51AM -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 200

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

Manon Metten wrote: On 4/5/07, *Douglas Allan Tutty* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:06:51AM -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > > I want to change the nam

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On 4/5/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:06:51AM -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > > I want to change the name and access point of a partition on my second hd. > It's labeled /xyz no

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 18:17 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Mike Bird wrote: >>> On Thursday 05 April 2007 05:23, Joe Hart wrote: What in the world is e2label? It doesn't show up in my search. What is it today, national "Peo

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 18:17:59 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Mike Bird wrote: >>> On Thursday 05 April 2007 05:23, Joe Hart wrote: What in the world is e2label? It doesn

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 18:17 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Mike Bird wrote: > > On Thursday 05 April 2007 05:23, Joe Hart wrote: > >> What in the world is e2label? It doesn't show up in my search. What is > >> it today, national "People from other distros" day? > > > > That would be a big negative ten

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 18:17:59 +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mike Bird wrote: > > On Thursday 05 April 2007 05:23, Joe Hart wrote: > >> What in the world is e2label? It doesn't show up in my search. What is > >> it today, national "People from oth

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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mike Bird wrote: > On Thursday 05 April 2007 05:23, Joe Hart wrote: >> What in the world is e2label? It doesn't show up in my search. What is >> it today, national "People from other distros" day? > > That would be a big negative ten four good buddy

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:06:51AM -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > > I want to change the name and access point of a partition on my second hd. > It's labeled /xyz now (coz I could think of no better name when installing > etc

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

On Thursday 05 April 2007 05:23, Joe Hart wrote: > What in the world is e2label? It doesn't show up in my search. What is > it today, national "People from other distros" day? That would be a big negative ten four good buddy: $ dpkg -S e2label e2fsprogs: /usr/share/man/man8/e2label.8.gz e2fspro

Re: Relabel partition didn't work

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Manon Metten wrote: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > > > > Hi, > > I want to change the name and access point of a partition on my second hd. > It's labeled /xyz now (coz I could think of no better name w

Relabel partition didn't work

Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Hi, I want to change the name and access point of a partition on my second hd. It's labeled /xyz now (coz I could think of no better name when installing etch). I tried this: e2label /dev/hdb4 xyz e2label /dev/hdb4 stor