On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Satish Balay wrote: > > Could someone explain why the LABEL notation is preferable to the > /dev/.. notation? I feel that the /dev notation is more precise - and > easier to change things... you won't feel that way the first time you take an existing partition, break it into two, then realize you have to renumber all the device files in your /etc/fstab. > And where is the mapping from LABEL -> hda* stored? And what tools > does one use to set/change this thing up? $ man e2label all part of the "e2fsprogs" rpm. rday
