LABEL's

[Karl Larsen]

Tim wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 17:25 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> I was talked into using LABEL's because they make it easy to add new 
>> partitions and such. I have a bunch now and they work fine.
>>
>>     Alas, now that I am making 2 hard drives with the exact same F7 on 
>> them LABEL is causing me all kinds of problems. Even the F7 Rescue 
>> complained :-)
>>     
>
> Well, I do recall pointing out to you that duplicate labels will be a
> problem.  The fix required is to change one of them.  I would relabel
> your *new* partitions, that leaves your previously set up system still
> working.
>
>   
>>     So all my LABEL's are going to disappear.
>>     
>
> That's throwing out the baby with the bathwater.
>
> If you're mounting via labels, you need to ensure drive partitions have
> unique labels.  If you've ended up with a duplicate, you only have to
> mount the drive without using the labels (you're not removing the
> labels, just not making use of them).
>
>   
    Yes and when there are not two hard drives as there will not be in a 
few days, I will go back to LABEL. And as you say I just need to use 
them as they still exist.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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