Hi, > Ive been playing around with my partitions, but I > dont want to mess > things up, as it is very easy, when dealing with > partitions. I am using > LILO as bootloader, and it specifies the root > partition in the 'root=' > kernel option. > > My default configuration has this set to 'LABEL=/'. > Does that mean, that > the partition labelled as '/' will be mounted as the > root partition at > any time?
If you look at both fstab and mtab, you'll find exactly what the partitions refer to. You can match them up from the mtab file. Labelling, as the man page suggests, is for making "the system more robust: adding or removing a SCSI disk changes the disk device name but not the filesystem volume label". > What if more then one partitions exist with that > label? I haven't tried that, but I would assume it'd be human error, you should always use different LABEL names when labelling partitions. > Is it safe to add another partition before my > current root, so that my > system will boot up correctly after adding (with a > different label then > /)? Yes, just make sure that whichever / parititon you're booting is actually your root partition. Michael. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
