Device label being shown none on Ubuntu server 10.04

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Sun May 16 07:00:58 UTC 2010


Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> I have not understood about the device label being "*none*" on Ubuntu
> Server 10.04 and on Ubuntu Server 8.04 it appears to be correct.
> Please help me understand about it.

As I understand it, the device labels none, varrun, etc. are arbitrary. 
The fstab and mount syntax needs something for the entry designating the 
device but as it is a virtual file system, there is no device and the 
name can be anything you like.


Nils




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