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 1KKf3U-0000iG-Hj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:58:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1347EE06C2; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:58:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fmailhost04.isp.att.net (fmailhost04.isp.att.net [204.127.217.104]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFB7EE06C2 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:58:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [209.214.151.193] (host-209-214-151-193.jan.bellsouth.net[209.214.151.193]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc04) with ESMTP id <20080720195848H040096kuje>; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:58:49 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [209.214.151.193] Message-ID: <488398F7.6070501@bellsouth.net> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:58:47 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080719 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean? References: <20080719185157.GA2376@muc.de> <20080719211213.GA1073@muc.de> <200807201552.30732.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4883911E.8000207@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 94d85f7f-0aa5-4075-a5db-a2bd73e7e3ce X-Archives-Hash: 4a9e3da58540c870943602a1581a654e 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 reboot? >>> >>> 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. > > > Keeeewl. Now to see what I can screw up. o_O Dale :-) :-)