Hello, On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 06:01:09PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > If you do mean a partition label, can you elaborate as to what the > > use case is and why a filesystem label doesn't work for it? I'm sure > > FWIW, I use "partition" labels (more specifically LVM names) because > they have the advantage of working the same no matter what the partition > holds, so I don't need to remember which command to use for > which filesystem.
Sorry, being familiar both with partition labels, and LVM, I don't know what an "LVM name" is in relation to a partition label. Can you elaborate? In my understanding, an LVM name is just the name of an LVM device like /dev/vgname/lvname whereas a partition label specifically is an attribute of a GPT partition entry: https://gparted.org/display-doc.php?name=help-manual#gparted-name-partition So in my understanding, these things are not equivalent concepts. As evidenced by this thread lots of people confuse partition names/labels for filesystem labels, even though they are distinct things, which was why I asked Gene if he really meant a partition label when he wrote that. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting