Re: XFS volume labels

[Steve Lord <lord@sgi.com>]

> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I can set XFS volume labels using xfs_admin, but it seems the kernel
> can't mount-by-label (which is how RH7 does things.)  Is this a TODO
> item? If I do a clean install on another machine using the prerelease
> CD, will I have a functional system? :)
> 
> (I've also noticed that some of my ext2 disks no longer
> mount-by-label, even though e2label shows the expected value.)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> ed


Mount by label is all user space, there is no kernel code involved,
beyond reading data out the block device interface to look for the
magic numbers. You need a version of the mount command with this
support in it for the code to function.

I am using mount-2.10m-6 but I have to admit I have not tried a mount
by label recently.

Steve