[gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean?

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

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.