Ok, In order to label a partition, you can use the command "e2label" to label. example: "e2label /dev/sda1 /boot" and then on /etc/fstab you can put a line like this:
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 For UUID, it's a bit more complicated, but you can read it here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Auto_mount_filesystems_(AUTOFS)#UUID Hetz On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Noam Rathaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > 1) They are not labeled > 2) I don't know how to find out what their UUID is > > An explanation on both - how to do this would be nice :) > > On Friday 18 July 2008 20:31:37 Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: >> Hi Noam, >> >> You have 2 options which you can use (and you can use them either >> manually or through /etc/fstab) >> >> 1. You can label the partitions and mount them using the labels (or >> manually using mount -L) or >> 2. You can use the mount with UUID (mount -U). >> >> See: http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount >> >> As for the switch, I think (not sure though) this happens when a >> device is recognized, the system assign /dev/ node for it, so you can >> bypass it by playing with the /etc/udev stuff, although the easiest >> way to solve this issue IMHO would be like I wrote above. >> >> Hetz >> >> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Noam Rathaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have a strange problem where my external HD is assigned to /dev/sdb and >> > my SATA disk is assigned to /dev/sda >> > >> > But every once in a while, they decide to switch places (during boot), >> > any idea how I can "fix" this - so they do not switch places? >> > >> > -- >> > Noam Rathaus >> > CTO >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > http://www.beyondsecurity.com >> > >> > "Know that you are safe." >> > >> > Beyond Security Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007 >> > >> > ================================================================= >> > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >> > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command >> > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Noam Rathaus > CTO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.beyondsecurity.com > > "Know that you are safe." > > Beyond Security Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007 > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
