Re: Mapping disks to fixed mountpoints

From: Stefan Richter <stefanr_at_s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date: Fri 12 Mar 2004 - 23:56:11 CET
Message-Id: <200403122253.i2CMrTKB023129@einhorn.in-berlin.de>

On 12 Mar, Melinda Taylor wrote:
> I believe, at least in redhat, you can just give each disk a label using
> the "e2label"
> command and then set the mount point in /etc/fstab using that label.

This works with all Linux distros. Another option is the UUID of
the filesystem instead of its label. -> man fstab

There are just some problems with this method (as far as I know):
- Not all filesystems provide a label or UUID.
- From the filesystems that support labels, the mount command
  only recognizes those on ext2, ext3, and XFS filesystems.
- This method does not solve the stated problem for other SCSI
  devices like CD-ROMs.

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