On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 08:27 -0700, David G. Miller wrote: > I usually don't bother with partition labels. If I add a drive to a > system, I've usually found it easier to just change fstab to use the > actual device for any affected partitions. /me too, twice over... > There's probably a good reason to use labels instead of devices but > I'm not aware of what that reason is. Here's one example: If one were to be dealing with several swappable drives (e.g. drives in those removable caddies), there's a certain amount of ease that mounting via a volume name can be done without having to figure out which particular /dev/hd parameter to use. Even more so, if you're using those drives across several computers (that's a lot of /dev/hd variations to keep in your head). And then there's managing a drive when the system's had a bit of a stuff-up. You have to peruse around to work out which partition is which, but you can very simply use a label to mount /home, for instance, without having to care which partition it was on. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
