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On 11/4/2011, at 3:38pm, James wrote: |
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>> I would suggest using a LABEL for that mountpoint to avoid any possible |
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>> issues. |
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> I made noise a while back about LABELS. Lots of comments, but |
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> nothing clear to follow in the docs or a wiki or a how to. I confused |
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> disklables and file system labels and other forms of lables. |
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> I even filed a bug, which was closed, since *I* did not |
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> have a proposal on better docs to use LABELS.... |
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> Since the guides use (old style mount |
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> points) for raid, then until the guides change, I (like dale) |
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> not comfortable at all with LABELS....(already tried several |
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> time and got borked systems...) I'm not waisting any more time |
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> on LABELS until there are some docs or examples to follow.... |
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> The light just never turned on and I'm done waisting time |
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> on LABELS |
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Whilst it would be nice if LABELs were documented in Gentoo's installation guide and other docs, I seem to recall there was a reasonable explanation for not doing so. |
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Meanwhile LABELs have been fairly comprehensively discussed on this list, and IMO there's very little mystery to them. I'm pretty sure that Dale now *is* using LABELs, and has been for some time (e.g. see [1]). IMO your criticism is misleading. |
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If you have problems with them, post back and people will try to help. I'm sure we can get you up and running. |
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Stroller. |
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[1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/221438#221438 |
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