[ale] Found in /etc/fstab...

[John LaPierre]

On Friday 21 June 2002 05:04 pm, you wrote:
> Because / is the root to the kernel.  It allows you to move the
> filesystem without and update to /etc/fstab

Oh...  : ^)

jj

> On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 16:50, John LaPierre wrote:
> > On Friday 21 June 2002 04:28 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> > > Thompson Freeman wrote:
> > > > Actually, a question which I haven't found an clue for in either the
> > > > man pages, nor in the brief look at the LDP.
> > > >
> > > > In my RH7.2 installation, I have two entries starting with "LABEL="
> > > > and some value follows ( / and /boot). I've never heard of a purpose
> > > > nor why the "LABEL=" exists, and what the heck is it doing in my
> > > > fstab? And what good is it? Can I/Should I consider using it for
> > > > other entries?
> > > >
> > > > I feel like I should have found this information by now, and I
> > > > haven't. If you have a clue or a pointer, I would appreciate your
> > > > sharing it.
> > >
> > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/ref-guide/s1-fi
> > >lesy stem-ext3-create.html
> >
> > This was clipped from the above link - can anyone elaborate on why it
> > would be more robust to use a label? Thanks.
> > ----start snip----
> > Once you have created and formated a partition, you should assign it a
> > label using the e2label command. This allows you to add the partition to
> > /etc/fstab using a label instead of using a device path, thereby making
> > the system more robust.
> > ----end snip----
> >
> >
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