Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:55:13 +0100 (MET) | From | DAVID BALAZIC <> | Subject | Re: Partition nightmare Was: Migrating to larger numbers |
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Bradley M Keryan (keryan@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote :
> On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, DAVID BALAZIC wrote: > > > > > Many people discussed the problems with partition names, > > like finding the correct partition , shifting partition IDs > > when changing HW configuration , etc. > > > > I have s simple solution for that: > > Use partition names. > > This is (at least on the PC) a userspace issue.
Not really, because you can't mount root ( / ) from userspace :-)
> As a previous poster pointed out, you can already do this by specifying > > LABEL=Home /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > or > UUID=<whatever it is> /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > > in fstab. I tried it, and mount likes the labels just fine. However, my > fsck doesn't understand the labels yet (didn't try the UUIDs).
The difference is that Volume-label and UUID are stored in the partition, which means they can't used with mkfs and neither with fsck , because the partition may be currupt.
> Is there a new fsck that will look at ext2 labels like mount does?
The problem I describe a few lines above ...
> I suppose mount/fsck could be taught to look at the label in the RDB if > you have an Amiga.
Now this makes sense.
> [snip] > > Some might notice that I "borrowed" the idea from the Amiga line of computers. > > :) > > On my Amiga, when I was partitioning a new drive, it asked me for a name, > so I gave it MOE:, which was an easier name to remember than DH3:
Or hda3 and what is more important it doesn't change by itself !
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