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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user]  Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not       exist". What does this mean?
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:27:26 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <g6073g$c5g$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <488398F7.6070501@bellsouth.net>

Dale wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> Dale wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> 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

I should mention here the old Indian* saying: "If it ain't broke, don't 
fix it."


*OK, it's not Indian, but you get the idea.




  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-20 20:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-19 18:51 [gentoo-user] mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean? Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-19 19:06 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-19 21:12   ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-19 21:29     ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-20 14:52       ` Mick
2008-07-20 19:11         ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-20 19:25           ` Dale
2008-07-20 19:33             ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-20 19:58               ` Dale
2008-07-20 20:27                 ` Nikos Chantziaras [this message]
2008-07-20 21:10                   ` Dale
2008-07-20 21:20                     ` Dale
2008-07-20 23:25                       ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-20 20:12               ` Mick
2008-07-20 23:35                 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-21  6:56                   ` Neil Bothwick
2008-07-20 15:05       ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-20 17:22         ` Mick
2008-07-20 18:49           ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-20 18:48         ` Neil Bothwick
2008-07-20 20:10         ` Nikos Chantziaras
2008-07-20 18:54       ` [gentoo-user] Solved!!! [Re: mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist"] Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-19 19:11 ` [gentoo-user] mount: "special device /dev/hdc does not exist". What does this mean? Daniel Pielmeier
2008-07-19 21:41   ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-19 21:53     ` Daniel Pielmeier
2008-07-19 19:13 ` [gentoo-user] " Miernik
2008-07-19 21:22   ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-19 21:33     ` Graham Murray

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