On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> Apparently, though unproven, at 18:03 on Monday 30 August 2010, Paul >> Hartman >> did opine thusly: >> >> >> >>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Daniel Pielmeier<bil...@gentoo.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Nikos Chantziaras schrieb am 27.08.2010 18:06: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 08/27/2010 07:02 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Actually, you can: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-boot-rootfs/index.htm >>>>>> l >>>>>> >>>>>> (Read the section below "Use a label"): >>>>>> >>>>>> fstab: >>>>>> LABEL=ROOT / ext3 defaults 1 1 >>>>>> LABEL=BOOT /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 >>>>>> LABEL=SWAP swap swap defaults 0 0 >>>>>> LABEL=HOME /home ext3 nosuid,auto 1 2 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> This syntax never worked here. Always resulted in an unbootable >>>>> system. >>>>> Only the /dev/disk/by-label/ syntax works reliably. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Afaik if you are using GRUB LEGACY (0.97) and want to use LABEL/UUID in >>>> your grub.conf/menu.lst you also need an initrd. I think with GRUB 2 >>>> (1.98) it is possible without. You don't need an initrd for LABEL/UUID >>>> in /etc/fstab for both cases. >>>> >>>> >>> FWIW I'm using sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10 with GPT, labeled partitions and >>> no initrd. My kernel has EFI_PARTITION compiled in (no module). >>> >>> My fstab looks like this: >>> >>> LABEL=swap none swap sw 0 0 >>> LABEL=boot /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 >>> LABEL=root / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 >>> LABEL=home /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 >>> >>> My kernel boot commandline still specified root by device name >>> /dev/sda2 but otherwise my system works normally so far. :) >>> >>> >> Don't listen to nay-sayers. Your fstab will work just fine and there's >> nothing >> wrong with it. >> >> The LABEL= sysntax has also worked for years and years now on all grub- >> supported filesystems that support volume labels. I don't know where a >> previous poster got the idea from that it is not supported, or you need an >> initrd - I have never used an initrd on Gentoo and have used that syntax >> since >> forever. >> >> Similar for claims of unreliability by someone else. The only cause I can >> think of is using weird grub patches or some combination of insane flags. >> >> >> > > So I don't have to have the complete path in fstab like this: > > /dev/disk/by-label/boot /boot ext2 noatime 1 2 > /dev/disk/by-label/root / reiserfs defaults 0 1 > /dev/disk/by-label/swap none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/disk/by-label/portage /usr/portage ext3 defaults 0 1 > /dev/disk/by-label/home /home reiserfs defaults 1 1 > > Can you post a grub.conf file that uses labels? Sort of a example to look > at and go by. >
Dale, there are two examples of fstabs in this message (actually three). But you only want to see those you didn't write. You just need to put "LABEL=somelabel" in the first column. -- Bill Longman
