I've never trusted in labels. Use the long device names instead. I know the advanteges of labels but in server environement it doesn't give you too much. If the devices are changing too often in a server that means bigger problems. bye, ago -- > I've got a server running CentOS 4.2; installed as 4.1, kept updated by > yum. > > A few days ago it crashed. > > I picked it up from the datacenter, and brought it back to the office, > where it took a long time to boot because it couldn't find anything. > > When it finally booted and I logged in I discovered an interesting > problem. > > Only the / partition had loaded. /etc/fstab had all the partitions > recognized by their labels. > > Checking the hard drives showed the labels existed. I even rewrote the > disk labels. > > But the boot procedure couldn't find the drives by their labels. > > Nor can a "mount -a" command; it says it can't find the info in fstab > (though it _is_ there). > > But long version mount commands work. > > And when I redo the fstab file to list the devices rather than labels, > everything mounts as it should. > > Any ideas? > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > 1254 So Waterman Ave., Suite 50, San Bernardino, CA 92408 > Our blists address used on lists is for list email only > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html" > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >