On Sat 17 Feb 2024 at 02:12:49 (+0000), Andy Smith wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 02:02:59PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > … which would be moot if only Gene could create partition PARTLABELs > > successfully. > > Sure, but we still don't know what Gene is trying to do or why > partition names would be useful to him so I am kind of sceptical > that this leads anywhere.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/02/msg00604.html I think Gene was nonplussed¹ by the "wall of HEX numbers" in that post, where he gives the impression that the by-id/ string has to be copied into the PARTLABEL field, and looks for meaning in a list of /dev/disk/ symlinks without their targets. I would sympathise with the view that by-id/ names are not very memorable, or easy to transcribe if that's ever required. And, of course, we've seen that they're not always unique. That may be a reason to use PARTLABELs instead. But I don't try to keep up with reports of what Gene's trying to do, interspersed as they are with stories of He cylinders and Lead-acid batteries. ¹ British meaning. Cheers, David.
