On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 07:06:51AM -0500, Manon Metten wrote: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Mon Mar 26 16:39:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > > I want to change the name and access point of a partition on my second hd. > It's labeled /xyz now (coz I could think of no better name when installing > etch). > I tried this: > > e2label /dev/hdb4 > xyz > e2label /dev/hdb4 store > e2label /dev/hdb4 > store > So seemingly the label has changed. > I edited /etc/fstab accordingly: > > changing /dev/hdb4 /xyz ext3 defaults 0 2 > to /dev/hdb4 /store ext3 defaults > 0 2 > > Then I rebooted, only to find this message popping up during boot time: > > mount: mount point /store does not exist > > There was no further error during boot time and kde was up and running. > Then I'd reset everything and could mount and access /xyz as before. > > What did I do wrong and how do I change /xyz to /store?
You're confusing disk lables with mount points. Your fstab doesn't have disklables in it. You told mount to mount /dev/hdb4 on /store, so it looks for the directory /store, which doesn't exist. So backup: What are you trying to do? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
