Check the archives for the list.. There was a discussion on labels within the last two months, I believe. The only solution was to avoid mounting by label. ----- Original Message ----- From: <robin-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Tom Oehser'" <tom@xxxxxxxx>; <linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: RE: mount-by-label finds drive not array ???? > > -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Oehser > > Sent: 01 July 2004 11:41 > > To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: mount-by-label finds drive not array ???? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm accustomed to doing something like: > > > > LABEL=tomsvol2 /mnt/foo ext3 defaults 0 2 > > > > But if I do that on my raid-5 md arrays, it tries to mount > > disk 1 of the 4 disks that make up the array! Apparently, > > the first stripe has enough of the filesystem that it must be > > thinking that is what to mount! Even with type "FD"!!! > > > > So, with an array /dev/md0 made of hda1 hdb1 hdc1 hdd1, I am > > having to do a literal: > > > > /dev/md0 /mnt/bar ext3 defaults 0 4 > > > > Since if I do it by "LABEL=", it tries to mount hda1, not md0! > > > > Is this just a known/accepted brain-deadness of the mount code? > > Tom, > > I'm just considering doing something like this. > > Did you ever get any resolution to this issue? > > Thanks, > > R. > -- > http://robinbowes.com > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
