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