Re: [gentoo-user] Re: swaps mounted randomly [not out of the woods yet]

[Dale]

Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> On 2020-03-18 22:57, n952162 wrote:
>
>> Well, some new recognitions ...
>>
>> It turns out that those /dev/disk subdirectories don't necessarily have
>> all the disk devices represented:
>>
>> 1. by-id/
>> 2. by-partuuid/
>> 3. by-path/
>> 4. by-uuid/
> There is also by-label, which you can reference from fstab like
>
> LABEL=foobar /home ext4 defaults ...
>
> If predictability and readability is the goal, I think using labels is
> the best option, because you have complete control over them, unlike the
> device IDs.  For example:
>
> LABEL=my-machine-home-part /home ext4 defaults ...
>
> This doesn't solve your underlying timing problem, of course.  Just apropos.
>


Since I use LABEL for most of mine.  Here is some real world examples.


LABEL=root              /               ext4            defaults        0 1
LABEL=boot              /boot           ext2            defaults        0 2
LABEL=usr               /usr            ext4            defaults        0 2
LABEL=var               /var            ext4            defaults        0 2


Those are a few from my fstab.  I actually use those and it works.  Hope
that helps.

BTW, can a label be changed without redoing the file system?  I seem to
recall that being done during the file system creation. 

Dale

:-)  :-)