Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > .... > and my fstab is: > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > .... I've found that labeling my disk partitions and using /dev/disk/by-label/xyzzy lines in the /etc/fstab file seems to be much easier for my own small brain to comprehend.
An example from one of my local machines .... # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/disk/by-label/ssd1_root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/disk/by-label/ssd1_efi /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1 /dev/disk/by-label/ssd1_swap none swap sw 0 0 /dev/disk/by-label/ssd1_home /home ext4 defaults 0 2 To label the disk partitions check the man pages for the following labeling options .... $ ls -1 /sbin | grep label dosfslabel e2label exfatlabel fatlabel ntfslabel swaplabel The e2label program is effective for ext partitions. To list the disk labels .... $ ls -Ahl /dev/disk/by-label -- Stanley C. Kitching Human Being Phoenix, Arizona