On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 16:05, glenn wrote: > I thought about replacing the labels with partition names, but I > wonder if the same thing will happen if I reboot after backing up > from one drive to the other. Since I will be copying the > partitions to the backup drive, both drives will still end up > with the same /etc/fstab. -Glenn. Jason sez: >Shouldn't matter. The bootloader *should* only look at the >fstab in /dev/hda1. Either way, why not simply *try* first, >then report back afterwards? :) Jason - Sheesh, you sound like my wife. I was stalling for time while trying to figure out how to copy 13 gigs worth of nearly empty partitions onto a 10-gig drive. After messing with that for a few hours, I decided to use a 20-gig drive instead. Anyway, I booted the computer with only the original drive connected and dutifully replaced the label notations in /etc/fstab with the device names for the partitions and restarted the computer with both drives connected. Yay, it worked. O.k., now for the real test. Mounted /dev/hdb5 (/) and tried to copy fstab to the backup drive. It said it was the same file. I'm thinking, duh, but you usually ask me if I want to overwrite. Oh, well, maybe it'll work. I turn the machine off and reset the jumpers to boot from the backup drive. Boot up, and we're back to the label thing. Well, it's too late on Friday evening to stay at the office any longer, so this story will be continued on Monday, when I try to discern how fstab on hdb can be linked to fstab on hda, never figure it out, and have to boot with only the backup drive so I can change /etc/fstab on it. Anyway, thanks for the help, guys. It's coming along. -Glenn. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
