On Wed, 2 May 2007 18:28:41 -0500 "Styma, Robert E (Robert)" <stymar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hm, I have dosfslabel (from dosfstools) and ntfslabel (from ntfsprogs) > > on this Fedora box. > > > > OK, > Let me see if I have this straight. > > 1. The preferred technique is to have each partition use a label and > use the labels in /etc/fstab. > > 2. You can set the labels on most things during install. For currently > unlabled partitions, you can use: > > e2label <partition> [<label>] on ext2/3 > mkswap -L <label> <partition> on swap partitions > dosfslabel on vfat file systems (from (dosfstools) - yum install > dosfstools > ntfslabel on ntfs file systems (from (ntfsprogs) - yum install > ntfsprogs > > (Need to identify what repository contains the two RPMs) > > ---------- > Bob Styma > Phoenix, AZ > I finally dug up a couple of more filesystems as well: There is a --label option to reiserfstune. There is a -L option to jfs_tune (whatever JFS is :-). There may be something like a "tune" app for most filesystems. I found a note about someone who didn't like the xfstune name, but haven't actually found a description of the actual tuning app for xfs filesystems. It probably goes on and on... Hey, I found it! xfs_admin has a -L option. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
