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Configure Systems To Mount File Systems At Boot By Universally Unique Id Uuid Or Label

General Information

Mounting devices by UUID prevents file systems becoming unavailable due to a device re-number.


UUID

Display Labels and UUIDs for devices

blkid


Mount /dev/sdb1 via UUID

vim /etc/fstab
 
UUID=76548596-804f-49a4-bd6c-6df1a98e117f  /mnt/storage1  xfs  defaults  0 2

Labels

Create label on a XFS filesystem

xfs_admin -L storage1 /dev/sdb1


Display label on a XFS filesystem

xfs_admin -l /dev/sdb1


Create label on an ext2/3/4 filesystem

tune2fs -L storage2 /dev/sdb2


Display label on ext2/3/4 filesystem

tune2fs -l /dev/sdb2


Mount /dev/sdb2 via label

vim /etc/fstab
 
LABEL=storage2  /mnt/storage2  ext4  defaults  0 2