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 1KKfXJ-0003XZ-P2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:29:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A4CF8E0700; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D7F5E0700 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A9C36629E for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.855 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.855 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.744, BAYES_05=-1.11, 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 udCsqjZ14emR for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:40 +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 5CA856655E for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KKfVH-0002o4-DZ for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:27:35 +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 20:27:35 +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 20:27:35 +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 23:27:26 +0300 Message-ID: References: <20080719185157.GA2376@muc.de> <20080719211213.GA1073@muc.de> <200807201552.30732.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4883911E.8000207@bellsouth.net> <488398F7.6070501@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: <488398F7.6070501@bellsouth.net> Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 138dd6da-feaa-4b63-86a9-8e331cc6d2be X-Archives-Hash: 5589ef546dfa62ae0bef4162ce52ce6a 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.