Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> James wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> So looking at the handbook, I was wondering
>> why it does not describe how to use Disk Labels
>> during the installation process. Dunno.
>>
>> So I poised this question on gentoo-doc
>> and got this encouraging response from *JOSH*
>>
>> snip
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>
> Given that some folks on here have ran into USB drives changing the order of
> partitions, I think this is a good idea.  If needed, they could at least
> introduce the subject then have it link to another page.  Even if it is the
> simplest label of using boot, root and such labels and maybe a mention that
> there are other ways to accomplish the same thing.
>
> I ran into this issue a while back when I added a hard drive and it was not
> easy to work with.  When I boot a CD/DVD, it sees them as hd* instead of sd*
> so that didn't help since the OS kernel sees them as sd*.
>
> It may be uphill to get this included or at least linked to something else
> explaining it but I think it is a good idea.  I also added myself to the bug
> as well.  I saw the post on -doc.
>
> Dale
>

Following Walt's recent thread about his experiences using grub2 I
think getting folks used to disk labels at installation time, be they
names or even better UUID's, might fit in very well with installation
instructions that cover using grub2 instead of grub as a boot loader.

- Mark