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Re: naming a partition after the fact?

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: naming a partition after the fact?
Date	2023-09-30 20:20 +0200
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On Sat 30 Sep 2023 at 11:13:36 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote:

> Yes, filesystem labels are a different beast because they're stored
> inside the partition.  The allowed format of that label, where it's
> stored within the data, and hence how to read/write it is different for
> every filesystem, so it's a big mess.  You can't even apply a filesystem
> label to a partition that doesn't hold a filesystem, for example.

Well, no, by definition. But, FTR, you can apply LABELs and UUIDs to
linux swap partitions even though they don't contain filesystems.
You just don't call then /filesystem/ LABELs and UUIDs.

Swap LABELs were very useful if you shared swap partitions between
different linux installations. When the debian-installer formats the
shared swap, you can immediately restore its LABEL. The new
installation will refer to the swap by its UUID until you get round to
updating the /etc/fstab, but should you reboot to one of the other
installations, their reference to swap by LABEL will still work.

Cheers,
David.

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naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-29 21:00 +0200
  Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-29 21:20 +0200
  Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-29 21:20 +0200
    Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-29 22:00 +0200
      Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-29 22:10 +0200
      Re: naming a partition after the fact? Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-09-30 05:40 +0200
        Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-30 15:40 +0200
    Re: naming a partition after the fact? Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-09-29 22:20 +0200
      Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-29 22:40 +0200
        Re: naming a partition after the fact? Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2023-09-29 23:20 +0200
        Re: naming a partition after the fact? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-09-30 00:10 +0200
          Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-30 02:10 +0200
            Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-30 09:30 +0200
              Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-09-30 13:30 +0200
                Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-09-30 16:00 +0200
                Re: naming a partition after the fact? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-09-30 20:20 +0200
                Re: naming a partition after the fact? gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-10-01 01:50 +0200
            Re: naming a partition after the fact? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-09-30 17:20 +0200
              Re: naming a partition after the fact? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-09-30 20:20 +0200
        Re: naming a partition after the fact? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-09-30 05:20 +0200
  Re: naming a partition after the fact? Robert Riding <reriding@xmission.com> - 2023-10-01 09:50 +0200
    Re: naming a partition after the fact? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-10-01 11:30 +0200
      Re: naming a partition after the fact? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-10-01 17:40 +0200

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