t4 upgrade from fc6: fails on lvm fstab naming

sean seandarcy2 at gmail.com
Fri May 25 13:54:17 UTC 2007


Ralf Ertzinger wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On Fri, 25 May 2007 09:31:12 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> 
>> Since LVs are already "named" there is usually no reason to label the 
>> filesystems on top of them.
> 
> Yes, there is. The idea of file system labels is that you do not have
> to know (or care) where exactly the filesystem is located.
> 
> A LV path is just a device name, too. You may choose the name of the
> device name, which is more than can be said for "normal" block device
> names, but it is still just a device name.
> 

But my real point, is why does install insist on a LABEL? 
The /dev naming convention works fine with the new kernel. 
Also, system-config-lvm has no option to provide a LABEL.

sean




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