fstab and LABEL=
Jeff Voskamp
javoskam at uwaterloo.ca
Fri Oct 20 15:14:14 UTC 2006
Mark Haney wrote:
> I'm a little confused about the LABEL= option in /etc/fstab. Let's
> say I have this line in my fstab:
>
> LABEL=/home/archiv /home/archive3 xfs
> defaults 1 2
>
> And I want to change the mountpoint of this to /archive instead of
> /home/archive3. Will I need to (or should I) edit the LABEL= to
> reflect the changes? Or can I just use the /dev/ instead?
Don't edit the LABEL in /etc/fstab unless you're able to change it on
the disk right now as well.
The label is stashed in the filesystem header. The system scans all
not-in-use partitions for labels when you try to mount a drive that way.
Jeff
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