fstab and LABEL=

[Jeff Voskamp]

Mark Haney wrote:
> I'm a little confused about the LABEL= option in /etc/fstab.  Let's 
> say I have this line in my fstab:
>
> LABEL=/home/archiv      /home/archive3          xfs     
> defaults        1 2
>
> And I want to change the mountpoint of this to /archive instead of 
> /home/archive3.  Will I need to (or should I) edit the LABEL= to 
> reflect the changes?  Or can I just use the /dev/ instead?
Don't edit the LABEL in /etc/fstab unless you're able to change it on 
the disk right now as well.
The label is stashed in the filesystem header.  The system scans all 
not-in-use partitions for labels when you try to mount a drive that way.

Jeff