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bug#27034: mount -L will mount the first partition with the named label
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Ricardo Wurmus |
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bug#27034: mount -L will mount the first partition with the named label |
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Date: |
Tue, 23 May 2017 11:39:13 +0200 |
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Quiliro <address@hidden> writes:
> Now that installation had failed, I decided to remove all contents of
> /mnt/tmp to start from 0.
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> lsblk recognized:
> sda as the usb installer
> sdb1 as a previous failed installation with label my-root
> sdc1 as the current installation with label my-root
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> When I restarted to begin installation from fresh, I noticed that
> /mnt/etc/bare-bones.scm was changed from sda to sdc. I remember having
> changed it. But I started doubting. Then I checked the mount and noticed that
> /mnt was in sdb1 instead of in sdc1. So I umounted and mounted with -L again.
> But it would mount sdb1 again. So I umounted and mounted with /dev/sdc1 and
> no -L. That worked.
I don’t understand this bug report. Labels must be unique. They are
a more readable alternative to using UUIDs.
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