In article <47E1BC4C.7000507@xxxxxxxxx>,
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tony Mountifield wrote:
> > Is there any way, when installing CentOS (or any RH-based distro),
> > to prevent it from using disk labels in /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf,
> > and to force it to just use the actual device names?
>
> I dont think there is any sane way, in either the C4 or C5 installers.
> If you do find a way to do that, let me know.
>
> There is presently a conversation going on with the anaconda developers
> about dropping labelling completely, but that might be a long time
> before we see that in EL / CentOS released distros
OK, thanks for the info.
> > For testing purposes, I am installing two different CentOS versions in
> > different partitions, and am having to change from labels to device names
> > by hand, and re-label the disks, in order to avoid the boot process getting
> > confused between the filesystems.
>
> you could always just change fstab, perhaps a sneaky script in %post of
> the kickstart to do the hard work for you ?
Yes, for now I am just editing fstab and grub.conf by hand, but it might
be possible to automate it somehow in a script, using e2label to find the
correct device names.
Cheers
Tony
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