On Wednesday 11 November 2009, Aldo Foot wrote: >On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: <...> > >> I just checked, and /etc/fstab is using UUID's, how can that be fixed, or >> should I just put it back to LABEL's and be done with it. That drive is >> labeled, but I don't believe its /boot for /boot, so > >You can get the UUIDs from the HDDs with blkid. Just type at the CLI. Get > the number for the correct partition and stick it in the fstab and >grub.conf if needed. That seems easy enough provided copy & paste worked, those are awfully long numbers to have to copy by hand. >You can always use the OS DVD to go into rescue mode (F5) to fix things. TBT, that seems a pretty limited way to effect a fix. If the rescue mode could actually do a one button per partition chroot operation it would be a huge help. But the last time I used it, I had to reboot to other partitions & installs just to read the man pages & figure out how to do it without making a chimera with a moose. >> how do I get the labels off the drive? Or should I just relabel it to >> gigo? > >See the e2label man page > # e2label /dev/sdaX --shows current fileystem label > # e2label /dev/sdaX newLabel -- assigns a new label to the filesystem I didn't know we even had that command, I had been using tune2fs or gparted. Thanks. >> And, if I rsync each directory tree to the new drive, will that move the >> UUID and/or labels too? > >Hmm... where does e2label stores the filesystem label? I don't know. >I'd guess that dd would copy them, but not rsync. Anyone care to comment? In any event, I have now constructed a filesystem that is all labels, and logically formatted and labeled all the empty partitions. I think I am ready to fire off a long script that should copy everything, but I see in the rsync manpage that the -H option is expensive one time wise. Are there any hard links in the system anyplace besides the /etc tree? >just be cautious and do a bit of your own reading before committing > changes. ~af See above, the reading really needs to be available while actually doing things. It usually isn't. :( -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Reinhart was never his mother's favorite -- and he was an only child. -- Thomas Berger -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
