Re: What is the best way to deal with changing device names in Debian?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 08/12/08 03:21, Aniruddha wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 10:26 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > I *think* it works, but this is your data... 
> >
> > > I suspect that running update-grub isn't mandatory, I can always update
> > > menu.lst by hand right?
> >  
> > Of course, but if you update the kernel stanza directly your changes 
> > will be overwritten on the next kernel upgrade ;)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andrei
>
> Ok, I'll use e2label from a livecd (hence my question about chrooting
> Debian). Off course I use the space beneath the automagic kernel
> list ;). I have to do this because Debian automagically configures
> menu.lst wrong, but this is another story.

Instead, check out:
# tune2fs -L

I added labels to mounted devices using this method.  And if I'm 
remembering incorrectly, then the command will hopefully return an 
error message.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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