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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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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
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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=
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I will have to use reiserfstune for my reiserfs partitions. What about xfs=
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will xfsprogs do it?
Thanks for the tip. The thing with the conventional device numbering syste=
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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?
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Regards,
Mick
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