use of label in fstab

[Derek Broughton]

Paul Hide wrote:

> I used e2label to label a partition on a sata disk /dev/sda1 with the
> label ublinux edited fstab to contain:
> label=ublinux / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> and this booted correctly.
> I made another partition /dev/sda5 and used e2label to label it dyndata,
> formatted it, made the directory /dydtest and then added another line to
> fstab:
> label=ublinux / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> label=dyndata /dyntest ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> On bootup now, the first partition mounts correctly, but the second gives
> the following error message from fsck.ext3: Unable to resolve
> 'label=dyndata'.
> Does anyone have any thoughts.
> 

On 9/11/06, Paul Hide <paul.hide at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Derek - I don't think I should be replying direct to you, 

I'll take that as implicit permission, then, to redirect this back to the
list :-)

> but rather to 
> the mailing list, so that the sequence of mails is properly
> threaded/indented, but, I don't know how to do that. I got your reply 
> via a digest, does that make it impossible? 

That might make it impossible to properly thread (though I suspect if you
set your digest option to "mime", it will be just like replying to a normal
email), but replying to the list from a text digest is as easy as replying
to me.  Just reply to the list address and be sure to trim!  Another option
is to use a newsreader.  I get the list via
nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user (I hope I have the URL
right).

> The partition is mountable. After the error I give root's password and do
> the following:
> ~# mount -L dyndata /dyntest
> Following this:
> ~# mount
> shows /dev/sda5 on /dyntest

Then I think I see your problem.  In fstab:

 label=dyndata /dyntest ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1

That last digit should be 2.  ONLY your root partition should be mounted in
pass 1.  I don't generally mount by label & I don't use ext filesystems, so
I can't be certain, but if it mounts fine after boot time, but not _during_
boot, I think that has to be the problem.

> Paul Hide

I had brief hopes that you were the leader of the fabulous (and much missed)
Payola$, but you spell your name wrong :-)
-- 
derek