https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307883
--- Comment #13 from Vadym Krevs <vkr...@yahoo.com> --- (In reply to kdeu from comment #12) > > /etc/fstab contains /dev/sda1 > > I can't really understand the proponents of the sdx naming scheme here, sdx > should never be used. You should use persistent device names instead... such > as labels. The sdx names can change, which is especially bad in the case of > the fstab. > > If you want a filesystem/partition to have a unique human readable name in > Dolphin set the FSLABEL or PARTLABEL, dolphin will show it. > > You can use the KDE partitionmanager to create it, it shows you abundant > information to identify which device you want to set the label on. > > Dolphin *can* use the device names from fstab. > > > /etc/fstab > > LABEL=EFI /boot vfat rw 0 2 > > LABEL=SYSTEM / ext4 rw 0 1 IMHO, the vast majority of people do not swap in/out their harddrives nor do they constantly repartition the drive, so sdx names for them are actually effectively persistent. LABEL's are also often not present in fstab by default. Therefore, displaying a label or an sdx name (in a list of many other labels) is more useful and conveys more information than "50Gb hard drive". -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
