[KLUG Members] Re: Need more space for /var (Adam Williams)

[Bob Kanaley]

Adam,

This was the first fstab that I had seen that used the LABEL=/XXX instead of
the /dev/hdX# that I am used to using. Apparently fstab lets you can mix and
match, so I am OK with that.

I just don't understand how you can use a label without somehow passing the
device file. I.E., how does LABEL=/ specify that the device file to be
mounted as root is /dev/hda1 and not /dev/sda1?

>if you use the other entries already there for a template it is pretty
>hard to screw up.  Make sure you test by rebooting and seeing that the
>filesystem is mounted at the appropriate point.


LABEL=/                 /                       ext2    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext2    defaults        1 2
LABEL=/home             /home                   ext2    defaults        1 2
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto    noauto,owner    0 0
LABEL=/usr              /usr                    ext2    defaults        1 2
LABEL=/var              /var                    ext2    defaults        1 2
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
/dev/hda9               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

Bob

Robert V. Kanaley
Manager Information Systems
Agdia, Inc.
rvk@agdia.com
http://www.agdia.com