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Re: naming a partition after the fact?

From	Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: naming a partition after the fact?
Date	2023-09-29 22:40 +0200
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Hi Michel,

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 10:14:59PM +0200, Michel Verdier wrote:
> On 2023-09-29, Andy Smith wrote:
> > If not, what are you actually trying to achieve with partition
> > names? I can't think what use they have ever been to me in several
> > decades.
> 
> I use label to mount different USB devices with one fstab entry.

Isn't that just a filesystem label not a partition label?

If you do mean a partition label, can you elaborate as to what the
use case is and why a filesystem label doesn't work for it? I'm sure
there must be one, it's just I haven't personally encountered it.

(That's what I was asking Gene, which Gene now seems to have
clarified that he meant filesystem label)

Thanks,
Andy

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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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