On 10/03/06, Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How would the booting copy of RHL deal with duplicate /var or / or > > any of those labels on the two hard drives? > > It just takes the first one it encounters..
Yep, the (known) disks are scanned sequentially for all labels in fstab, and the first match is mounted. > It's braindead to replace a unique unidentifier with a non-unique one. I'm sure Theodore Ts'o will be happy to debate this point with you. > On boxes that use that scheme if you "get to be root".. just interchange the > labels and watch the fun on the next reboot. :-) On boxes where you can attach and detach disks at will (like boxes with host attached storage), this feature is invaluable. I personally have saved several hours of downtime because of this feature. Binand ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
