On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 09:59:43AM -0700, Cousin Stanley wrote:
Michael Stone wrote:On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 07:11:36AM -0700, Cousin Stanley wrote: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.If you want to use labels, it seems a lot more clear to use LABEL= rather than /dev/disk/by-label/I am aware of the LABEL= keyword for the disk labels in the /etc/fstab file and would agree that their use would be slightly more concise and save a few key strokes. However, in my own mind not necessarily more clear as /dev/disk/by-label shows me exactly what sort of label is being referenced and provides a reminder that I can check them via ls -Ahl /dev/disk/by-label .
Well, if you checked them using blkid, they'd say "LABEL=", so this seems somewhat circular. :)