[Nottingham] Rename volume label

[Robert Ross]

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Mackdermott [mailto:dan at inputlink.net] 
Sent: 23 February 2004 14:50
To: 'nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk'
Subject: RE: [Nottingham] Rename volume label


>You don't need to use labels in fstab.  You can just use the device names.
>
>i.e.
>
>instead of:
>LABEL=/usr   /usr   ext3    defaults  0 0
>
>use:
>/dev/hda3    /usr   ext3    defaults  0 0
>
>When the kernel has finished booting, it'll look at /etc/fstab for 
>information on file systems to mount.  If it sees 'LABEL=/usr', it'll look 
>for a partition with that label and barf if it doesn't see one.  If you 
>specify the device '/dev/hda3', it won't even bother looking at the label.

>
>If you like, post your current fstab and I'll highlight the changes 
>required...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dan
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Hi Dan,

Cheers for the offer of help, I'm still new to this malarkey.

I'll have a go at doing it myself and if I screw up badly I'll holler for
help :-))

Cheers  

Robb