Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Dale wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Mick wrote:
[...]
What would be the recommended way of upgrading from the /dev/hd to
/dev/sd then? I have held back doing this because I didn't have
the time to mess about with it. If I were to configure a new
kernel without legacy ATA drivers, how would I know what my devices
will be seen as in advance, so that I can change my /etc/fstab
before I reboot?
The way I do it, is to label my partitions. If your partitions
aren't labeled yet, you can do so with 'tune2fs'. If your /dev/hda1
is your root (/), /dev/hda2 your /home and /dev/hda3 your swap, you
can label them with:
tune2fs -L GentooRoot /dev/hda1
tune2fs -L GentooHome /dev/hda2
mkswap -L GentooSwap /dev/hda3
[...]
Question, if I were to label mine and then boot from a Gentoo or any
other bootable CD, would those labels still be there?
The labels are part of the file system; they're always there. For
example, when booting the 2007.0 LiveDVD (which uses the legacy
drivers, meaning /dev/hd* instead of /dev/sd*) the labels are there
and I can mount /dev/disk/by-label/GentooRoot just fine.
Keeeewl. Now to see what I can screw up. o_O
Dale
:-) :-)
