Re: [util-linux] Re: magic device renumbering was -- Re: Linux 2.4.2ac20

2001-03-16 Thread Mikael Pettersson
Andreas Dilger writes: > Andries writes: > > > I've implemented a patch for util-linux-2.11a > > > which adds LABEL support to mkswap(8) and swapon/swapoff(8). > > > > But I would prefer a somewhat more ambitious approach. > > > > My first thought was: why label individual swap partitions

Re: [util-linux] Re: magic device renumbering was -- Re: Linux 2.4.2ac20

2001-03-15 Thread Michail Brzitwa
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > The real problem is that our disks usually do not have a volume label. > Outside of all file systems. > The "signatures" that we rely on today are located in different places, > so that a filesystem can have several valid signatures at the same time. > A

Re: [util-linux] Re: magic device renumbering was -- Re: Linux 2.4.2ac20

2001-03-15 Thread Andreas Dilger
Andries writes: > > I've implemented a patch for util-linux-2.11a > > which adds LABEL support to mkswap(8) and swapon/swapoff(8). > > But I would prefer a somewhat more ambitious approach. > > My first thought was: why label individual swap partitions? > I almost never want to distinguish swap

Re: [util-linux] Re: magic device renumbering was -- Re: Linux 2.4.2ac20

2001-03-15 Thread Andries . Brouwer
> I've implemented a patch for util-linux-2.11a > which adds LABEL support to mkswap(8) and swapon/swapoff(8). Yes, maybe a reasonable idea. But I would prefer a somewhat more ambitious approach. My first thought was: why label individual swap partitions? I almost never want to distinguish swap