On Wednesday 11 November 2009, Rick Stevens wrote: >On 11/11/2009 03:04 PM, Aldo Foot wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Gene Heskett<gene.hesk...@verizon.net> >> wrote: <...> >> >>> I just checked, and /etc/fstab is using UUID's, how can that be fixed, >>> or should I just put it back to LABEL's and be done with it. That drive >>> is labeled, but I don't believe its /boot for /boot, so >> >> You can get the UUIDs from the HDDs with blkid. Just type at the CLI. Get >> the number for the correct partition and stick it in the fstab and >> grub.conf if needed. >> You can always use the OS DVD to go into rescue mode (F5) to fix things. >> >>> how do I get the labels off the drive? Or should I just relabel it to >>> gigo? >> >> See the e2label man page >> # e2label /dev/sdaX --shows current fileystem label >> # e2label /dev/sdaX newLabel -- assigns a new label to the >> filesystem >> >>> And, if I rsync each directory tree to the new drive, will that move the >>> UUID and/or labels too? >> >> Hmm... where does e2label stores the filesystem label? I don't know. >> I'd guess that dd would copy them, but not rsync. Anyone care to comment? > >The label is stored in the superblocks. dd should copy it. rsync is >file oriented and won't preserve filesystem labels.
Which is why I've prepared the drive & labels already. gparted to the rescue. Thanks Rick. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >- Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ri...@nerd.com - >- AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - >- - >- We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse. - >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Ummm, well, OK. The network's the network, the computer's the computer. Sorry for the confusion. -- Sun Microsystems -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
