[mythtv-users] Changing partition label

[stan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Nick
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:34 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Changing partition label
> 
> On 04/10/06, stan <stanlist at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I'm running mythTV .20 on Fedora FC5.  When I installed, I 
> partitioned hda
> > with swap, /boot, and /.  I put one partition on hdc labeled /video.
> >
> > Now I like to change the label /video to /data.
> >
> > Can I do this by
> >
> > 1.  e2label /dev/hdc1 /data
> > 2.  Change LABEL=/video in /etc/fstab to LABEL=/data
> > 3.  Change the mythTV config from /video to /data/recordings
> >
> > or do I need to do more?  Perhaps something with LVM?
> 
> Do you want to change the partition label (don't think so), or do you
> really want to change the mount point of the second hard drive (this
> is what I think you're trying to do)?
> 
> If you want to change the mount point, you need to create a new mount
> point (like /data/recordings) and then edit your /etc/fstab (change
> hdc1's mount point from /video to /data/recordings) to mount the
> second hard drive there.
> 
> Note that if you use /data/recordings, only your MythTV recordings
> will live on hdc1. If you use /data, everything under /data will be
> stored on hdc1. Remember to configure MythTV (and any other programs
> using /video) to point to the new recording directory.
> 
> Note that you do not need to change the label of the partition to do
> this, although cosmetically it looks nice, and can be useful in
> quickly determining a partition's contents. In /etc/fstab, you can
> reference partitions to mount by partition name (/dev/hdc1) or
> partition label (LABEL=/video), so as long as you reference the
> correct partition, you will be OK.
> 
> Nick
> 

Thanks Nick. 

To verify, are you saying it's safe to just change the /etc/fstab entry

From
	LABEL=/video	/video	ext3	defaults 1 2
To
	LABEL=/video	/data		ext3	defaults 1 2

Then just make recordings, videos, and music directories under /data and
change the mythTV pointers accordingly.

But, that still begs the question of how to change the /video partition name
as well.  Is this a risky procedure at this point.  Is the partition name
/video already known in several other places?

--stan