On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 13:56, Michael A. Peters wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 11:45 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > > Unfortunately no one seems to be interested in that kind > > of cooperation. > > how about LABEL=/-`date +%s` > > Ugly as hell - but the user doesn't have to see that unless they look at > the label. It still doesn't work when you clone the whole disk with dd and then try to reboot with the disk still in place - or back again for some other reason. What it needs is a hint about the partition name that it will use/prefer if it finds the label in the original place even if other matching labels are found elsewhere. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx