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 1KKeet-0006wC-QY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 368F0E069E; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08586E069E for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9727466849 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.599 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id JoRQSmrx1LXA for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E99D1668A7 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KKeed-0000aG-95 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:11 +0000 Received: from athedsl-4368166.home.otenet.gr ([79.130.23.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:11 +0000 Received: from realnc by athedsl-4368166.home.otenet.gr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:11 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Nikos Chantziaras Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean? Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:33:02 +0300 Message-ID: References: <20080719185157.GA2376@muc.de> <20080719211213.GA1073@muc.de> <200807201552.30732.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4883911E.8000207@bellsouth.net> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: athedsl-4368166.home.otenet.gr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080715) In-Reply-To: <4883911E.8000207@bellsouth.net> Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: baa8c6b7-6cc5-4894-9b16-4e9393911e68 X-Archives-Hash: 0a346a415bb6868f2865c0475a491358 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.