From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKfGW-0001yt-Er for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:12:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F24BDE06F3; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.188]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC65E06F3 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c7so3527470nfi.26 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:12:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=+/XxreyvQOWLQ+xbDm0WyQw//tSzESjWdhfr7mxKn6A=; b=wNFW45pfe9yOyYAW4WsMdHv5x5qnGAeFp5Yr0Yj2OixWPnF/dhi90r06hRYoEzR9E4 X8qOUc8fDM4vk8ndfINRTPK+MTAp25HHFQlM6cpMp/4vVm+nhkaKJ14ktfU1pu839PlM D+14m+0gcDnepsDXwGzuFke3Ri7zkRi5gN5xA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=NnkGvJOOxwdoCWQXXyAIxEbJkTOME8eLLMge2/VDc/zml4XLNmAMCr8VVY2Z9k6bIU 7358AntAa72qy8jwVVWj87onSdJWvjcHIANsBA+ZxDwsq+IWQg7ehjJVCH7wMy/jMvBy U4QCfevRLTtAifMHVHlFr+eFYmytGWlNn0pek= Received: by 10.210.62.12 with SMTP id k12mr2488683eba.166.1216584737900; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy.study ( [212.159.46.48]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t12sm8197265gvd.10.2008.07.20.13.12.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:12:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean? Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:12:04 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <20080719185157.GA2376@muc.de> <4883911E.8000207@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2143420.cADdcuRCTL"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200807202112.14029.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 690d2b85-89ba-4520-8ba6-240e66dce0c4 X-Archives-Hash: 1287ae873dcd75a6974d4b7c73905cc3 --nextPart2143420.cADdcuRCTL Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 20 July 2008, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Dale wrote: > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Mick wrote: > >>> [...] > >>> What would be the recommended way of upgrading from the /dev/hd to > >>> /dev/sd then? I have held back doing this because I didn't have the > >>> time to mess about with it. If I were to configure a new kernel > >>> without legacy ATA drivers, how would I know what my devices will be > >>> seen as in advance, so that I can change my /etc/fstab before I reboo= t? > >> > >> The way I do it, is to label my partitions. If your partitions aren't > >> labeled yet, you can do so with 'tune2fs'. If your /dev/hda1 is your > >> root (/), /dev/hda2 your /home and /dev/hda3 your swap, you can label > >> them with: > >> > >> tune2fs -L GentooRoot /dev/hda1 > >> tune2fs -L GentooHome /dev/hda2 > >> mkswap -L GentooSwap /dev/hda3 > >> [...] > > > > Question, if I were to label mine and then boot from a Gentoo or any > > other bootable CD, would those labels still be there? > > The labels are part of the file system; they're always there. For > example, when booting the 2007.0 LiveDVD (which uses the legacy drivers, > meaning /dev/hd* instead of /dev/sd*) the labels are there and I can > mount /dev/disk/by-label/GentooRoot just fine. Yes, labels . . . been thinking of doing this for the last two years! I gu= ess=20 I will have to use reiserfstune for my reiserfs partitions. What about xfs= -=20 will xfsprogs do it? Thanks for the tip. The thing with the conventional device numbering syste= m=20 is that you know which one is first, which second, etc. With Labels I'll=20 have to add something to it to remind myself that this is the first=20 partition, etc. Can I have blank spaces in the Label name? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart2143420.cADdcuRCTL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkiDnB0ACgkQ5Fp0QerLYPd69wCfSBMg+v2kdeqQAa19J1J+LUO3 aVQAoKi218YzttoaoKHX4Gku9N2mcs5b =cfjI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2143420.cADdcuRCTL--