In article <8vHcb.33345$pK2.59993@news.indigo.ie>, Timothy Murphy <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
>Ramon F Herrera wrote:
>
>> The LABEL directive is a very good idea, which replaces
>> the older /dev/sda format in the /etc/fstab file.
>
>It isn't a very good idea.
>It is an extremely bad idea,
>which has caused endless problems,
>and whose merit is miniscule.
>
IMHO LABELs and and mounting by labels is a god send!

Especially since RedHat 8 has broken something with their "kernel
security" patches that makes the system install USB drives before
SCSI drives -- meaning if my USB CF reader is plugged in, it gets
/dev/sda instead of SCSI0 ID0. Were it not for having mounted /
and everything else by label my system would be dead and I'd
still be wondering why! Too bad labels don't work for swap as
that stays broken if the CF reader is plugged in when booting.

--wally.