James wrote:
so what does new fstab using disk labels look like? << SNIP>> Discussion, corrections or caveats are most welcome.
This is mine and it worked when I rebooted a bit ago. LABEL=boot /boot ext2 noatime 1 2 LABEL=root / reiserfs defaults 0 1 LABEL=swap none swap sw 0 0 LABEL=portage /usr/portage ext3 defaults 0 1 LABEL=home /home reiserfs defaults 1 1 LABEL=data /data reiserfs defaults 0 1 I use a variety of file systems don't I? lol I hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)

