FC6 mount ntfs-3g problem.

[Tim]

Mikkel L. Ellertson:
>> Is there a difference in how mount handles things if the drive is 
>> missing if you use the LABEL= form? I know in the past, the system 
>> would not boot normally if you used the device form and the drive 
>> was not there.

Patrick O'Callaghan:
> It's a while since I've tried it without the LABEL= form. Remember that
> Fedora now recommends using labels (since F7 I think).

Since FC7, at least.  I'm using them on a FC6 box, and I'm fairly
certain that wasn't just because I felt like it.

> With the LABEL= form I get:
> 
> # umount /xtra
>         -- now turn off external drive
> # mount /xtra
> mount: special device LABEL=/xtra does not exist

I'd expect labels to be better, too.  But both ways return an immediate
error then tried on the command line.  If you're trying to mount a
device, the OS expects that device to be there.  If you try to mount a
label, the OS is going to look through the currently available devices
to see if it can find it.  I wonder if the boot routines handle "drive
doesn't exist" errors differently?

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