[R-sig-Debian] fstab labels

[Seb]

Apologies for this mis-directed query, it was meant for the linux Debian
list but my eye-scan in the Gnus Group buffer failed!


On Sat, 15 May 2010 13:27:09 -0500,
Seb <spluque at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, Recently during an upgrade I was asked to use labels or UUID in
> /etc/fstab.  I've done that and everything went fine, except for the
> only CD/DVD ROM device in my system.  According to KInfoCenter (the
> KDE devide information application) the this device has the label:
> CD/DVD Drive.  So I placed this line in /etc/fstab:

> LABEL="CD/DVD Drive" /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

> Other than the label, this hasn't changed with respect to my previous
> entry, which worked fine.  Now I'm getting a boot-up message to the
> effect that this line is "bad".  I suspect it's a quoting issue.
> However, I don't fully trust the label that KInfoCenter is providing.
> How can I be certain of what the label for this device is?  I've tried
> qtparted, but that program seems to be buggy in my Debian unstable
> system as it says "cannot find parted version" and fails to start.
> Any advice appreciated.

> -- Seb


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Seb