Grant Edwards wrote:
Just recently I've run in to problems because my hard drives are not
detected in a predictable order, so my fstab that mount /dev/sdb1 and
/dev/sdc1 sometimes result in directory trees in the wrong places
(/dev/sda seems consistent, but I don't know why).
What's the recommended way to fix this?
I went the LABEL direction too. Here is a example fstab, mine actually.
LABEL=boot /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
LABEL=root / reiserfs defaults 0 1
LABEL=swap none swap sw 0 0
LABEL=var /var ext3 defaults 0 2
LABEL=portage /usr/portage ext3 defaults 0 2
LABEL=home /home reiserfs defaults 0 2
LABEL=data /data ext4 defaults 0 2
You can set that when your put the file system on or use the file system
tools to set it without formating the partition. It is usually -L
<label> and whatever other options you use. Since you already have a
install on there, I strongly recommend the later, otherwise you lose
your data.
Hope that helps.
Dale
:-) :-)
