On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:52:58PM -0400, Buck wrote: > Now, if Linux allows me to mount Drive 0 Part 4 as /private and Drive 0 > part 4 as /backup during normal use, but then allows me to disconnect > drive 1 and replace it with drive 1 and mount part 4 as /private and > mount part 4 of the replacement drive as /backup without crashing when I > do this, all is well. But if the partitions have to be assigned a > directory name when they are formatted, I may be out of luck.
Honestly I didn't quite get what you're trying to do, but you can easily mount different filesystems on the same mount point at different times. The "volume label", which i think what you're trying to say with "directory name", is not a necessary part of the mount process and you can have multiple filesystems with the same volume name in the machine with no problems if you aren't mounting by volume name. Ie. mount /dev/hda4 /private ; do work ; umount /private ; mount /dev/hdb /private ; do other work ; etc You can also use the tune2fs command to change the volume name on an ext2 or ext3 filesystem if you want. > Will Linux allow me to do this for backup or will I need to find another > way to clone my drives? Linux will allow you to mount and unmount filesystems at will assuming there are no open files on the filesystem, regardless of the properties of the filesystem. -- Eat right. Exercise regularly. Die anyway. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
