From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PnB2C-0005m4-J2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:28:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CDCD61C053; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:27:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f53.google.com (mail-ew0-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81A611C053 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 14:27:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy6 with SMTP id 6so113681ewy.40 for ; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:27:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+/bWmG+6P4N1G+p3yMaKMd+sixySJRRA4yC2p40WV64=; b=dgPydDPhreRG81OghWQp/D2MNo58wpFNXI0s2LPQI9IJrpIpLh5NmI5/dq3/5N4/7c c4/d87A6/ABgpoxbwl832pldsBfgQ8MWS5z8cHvYtoQw6Ntwd1dC5qbTaVyloAwFMfo0 +AmQcq0qkZ2PJPkQcDBkh+Wph8ildXRBHl5zs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dYgWmYaIUxPpRf5V/6d0FXjKBQCuERdhTOrN2Wkst/1iz3jfkI8oVs6Xm1RGTQK9mn 7gmR0s9+f+PgtpCkxYwFKFNw3/KY5y5/+a508jDULR5kf7kBGpxfbIqGNoYwb2CqKRI3 f5zyRXVp5cCONKZ5eA+Pk6jQigTGUtK+Mu1AI= 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 Received: by 10.216.181.141 with SMTP id l13mr17196314wem.22.1297261631187; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:27:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.89.81 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:27:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D52A1C1.7040606@gmail.com> References: <4D52A1C1.7040606@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 06:27:11 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Disk Labels in Handbook From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6f7727ea0f3867e867683433f35de4ba On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:16 AM, Dale 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. =C2=A0If needed, they could at l= east > introduce the subject then have it link to another page. =C2=A0Even if it= is the > simplest label of using boot, root and such labels and maybe a mention th= at > 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 n= ot > easy to work with. =C2=A0When I boot a CD/DVD, it sees them as hd* instea= d 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 els= e > explaining it but I think it is a good idea. =C2=A0I also added myself to= the bug > as well. =C2=A0I 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