LABLE --> LABEL
On Wed, Jan 10, 2024, 11:08 Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > Yesterday afternoon there was a momentary power glitch, so brief I almost > didn't notice it. But, I missed seeing that it shut down the external > MediaSonic Probox. > > Before I logged in the console this morning it showed a bunch of errors for > /dev/sde1 (mounted as /media/bkup1) which is still formatted as xfs so I > umounted it and tried repairing it. That's when I saw the Probox was shut > down. > > With the Probox turned on I now see the partition names have changed: > # lsblk > NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT > nvme0n1 259:0 0 465.8G 0 disk > └─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 465.8G 0 part > sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk > ├─sdb2 8:18 0 100G 0 part /opt > ├─sdb3 8:19 0 1.3T 0 part /data1 > └─sdb1 8:17 0 400G 0 part /home > sdi 8:128 0 1.8T 0 disk > └─sdi1 8:129 0 1.8T 0 part > sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom > sdg 8:96 0 1.8T 0 disk > └─sdg1 8:97 0 1.8T 0 part > sde 8:64 0 1.8T 0 disk > └─sde1 8:65 0 1.8T 0 part /media/bkup1 > sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk > ├─sda2 8:2 0 32G 0 part [SWAP] > ├─sda3 8:3 0 200.8G 0 part / > └─sda1 8:1 0 100M 0 part /boot/efi > sdh 8:112 0 1.8T 0 disk > └─sdh1 8:113 0 1.8T 0 part > > I have no objections to using UUIDs rather than partition names for the > four > HDDs in the Probox, but I'd prefer names I can associate with each drive. > Actually, in /etc/fstab now both /media/data2 and /media/data3 use their > UUIDs; I'd prefer labels. > > Using blkid I see that the two backup drives in the Probox have PARTLABLE > assigned: > /dev/sdh1: UUID="f965f68e-4019-4041-acbe-f06d315d4388" TYPE="xfs" > PARTLABEL="bkup1" PARTUUID="e67975e2-a4c6-452d-912d-b88543ae8c9e" > /dev/sdi1: UUID="35529e87-3e88-443d-a0bc-91367e1e582d" TYPE="ext4" > PARTLABEL="bkup2" PARTUUID="def865cd-c933-43f2-beea-3120341648cc" > > While I can change /etc/fstab to use the new partition names I think it > would make more sense for me to use e2lable and add a PARTLABLE to the > other > two Probox drives and mount all four using their PARTLABLEs. > > fdisk -l shows: > /dev/sde1: UUID="b50f1824-45ee-4623-adc7-ea737a88902b" TYPE="ext4" > / PARTUUID="2880337a-ba6b-4eb3-ab93-7f57cf6e7340" > > /dev/sdg1: UUID="8b47d782-8e1c-46bb-b314-0c53d90d6fac" TYPE="ext4" > / PARTUUID="467c17d5-37d3-4b6d-997d-6b9a3dd8f5c9" > > /dev/sdh1: UUID="f965f68e-4019-4041-acbe-f06d315d4388" TYPE="xfs" > PARTLABEL="bkup1" PARTUUID="e67975e2-a4c6-452d-912d-b88543ae8c9e" > > /dev/sdi1: UUID="35529e87-3e88-443d-a0bc-91367e1e582d" TYPE="ext4" > PARTLABEL="bkup2" PARTUUID="def865cd-c933-43f2-beea-3120341648cc" > > /dev/sde1 should have PARTLABLE="data3" > > /dev/sdg1 should have PARTLABLE="data2" > > Because I've not before used e2lable I want to confirm the syntax: > e2lable /dev/sde1 "data3" > e2lable /dev/sdg1 "data2" > > then in /etc/fstab I change the current entries for the Probox using, e.g., > LABLE="data2" /media/data2 /media/data2 ext4 auto,users,rw 1 2 > > Have I missed anything? > > TIA, > > Rich > > >
