Keld J�rn Simonsen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 10:09:00AM -0700, Duncan wrote: >> On Fri 15 Aug 2003 09:39, Keld J�rn Simonsen posted as excerpted below: >> > I have a question for how the file labels under the installation are >> > being determined. >> > >> > One of the times I forgot to deselect my /var partition from mdk 9.1, >> > that is, because there was a /var label on that partition, the >> > installation partitioning suggested that I mounted that partition on >> > /var - and yes, then my rpm database for MDK 9.1 was gone... :-( >> > >> > I then tried to figure our how to change the file system labels, >> > but till now to no avail. I tried e2label and reiserfstune -l >> >> I'm guessing it's simply following the path from the boot loader to root, and >> reading /etc/fstab to see what you currently have mounted where, then >> suggesting that. Unless I somehow missed something or read your post wrong, >> you should be able to change the "labels" (mount points) by changing the >> mount points for the various partitions either there, or by using diskdrake. > > Nah, that is not it. diskdrake does not even show labels set with > e2label. I think to would be nice if it would, and then possibly both > the labels available, if any. > > And at initial installation time there is no fstab to read, so it cannot > take it from there. > I think some of these labels come form some oldish redhat installation > of mine. > > Best regards > keld
Yeah, stupid Corel Linux labeled my partitions long ago, eventually I figured it out. I think I removed the labels using tune2fs -L "" <partition>
