AUTOINSTALL not set..

Bob McClure Jr bob at bobcatos.com
Wed May 31 22:16:50 UTC 2006


On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 04:53:14PM -0400, John Wirt wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> >On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 16:40 -0400, John Wirt wrote:
> >  
> >><snippage>
> >>
> >>FSTAB:
> >>LABEL=/            /                 ext3    defaults 1 1
> >>LABEL=/boot        /boot             ext3    defaults 1 2
> >>none               /dev/pts          devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> >>#LABEL=/mnt/disk2  /mnt/disk2        ext3    defaults 1 2 
> >>none               /proc             proc    defaults 0 0
> >>none               /dev/shm          tmpfs   defaults 0 0
> >>/dev/sdc6          swap              swap    defaults 0 0   
> >>/dev/cdrom         /mnt/cdrom        udf,iso9660  noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 
> >>0
> >>/dev/fd0           /mnt/floppy       auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 
> >>/dev/cdrom1        /mnt/cdrom1       udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> >>    
> >
> >The only issues I have with that arrangement (and they're purely
> >personal) are:
> >
> >1. I hate using filesystem labels.  They can bite you if you add another
> >drive to the machine with data on it.
> >  
> So, I can just remove the LABEL=/... commands and replace them with "none?"

No.  You need to put some kind of /dev/sdxx or /dev/hdxx in there.
Run "df" to see what is mounted where.

> >2. Everything is on / except boot.  I much prefer to have separate
> >partitions for /, /usr, /home and /var--ideally on lvm so they can be
> >grown if needed.
> >
> 
> Can one reconfigure these directories without running a risk of 
> confusing some configuration file somewhere?

If by "reconfigure these directories" you mean moving directory
contents to other partitions or logical volumes and then mounting them
to those directories, the answer is yes.

Exception: If you have some backup script that does something like

  cd /
  find . -mount -depth | cpio -oBc ....

it will not back up filesystems mounted anywhere on the root (/)
tree.  For instance, if /home and /var are on separate filesystems,
you'd need to

  find . home var -mount -depth | cpio -oBc ....

Or you could do without the "-mount" option.

> John
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer     rstevens at vitalstream.com -
> >- VitalStream, Inc.                       http://www.vitalstream.com -
> >-                                                                    -
> >-      The moving cursor writes, and having written, blinks on.      -
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------

Cheers,
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Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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