[NTLUG:Discuss] gentoo update

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Bug Hunter wrote:

>  I put in two bug reports to gentoo. One, regarding GRUB, and one 
>regarding their representation of the /etc/fstab file (and the one they 
>ship as an "example".
>
>  Gentoo closed both of them as "WORKSFORME."  
>
>  I would have expected them to either try the bug, or at least improve 
>the explanation.  I gave them the corrected GRUB example.
>
They probably did check your bug and are running with the original Grub 
example, just like I am.  My grub.conf looks exactly like their example, 
and my system boots up just fine.  It does not just return to grub.  
Usually when that happened to me, it was because I did not specify the 
root partition correctly.

As for the fstab bug report, Someone looked at that too.  You got two 
responses that I'll show at the end of this E-mail concerning your 
'bug'.  I have to say that, again, following the instructions, my fstab 
works just fine using their example.

>    As it stands, I suspect Gentoo will be for power users.
>
Isn't this a little harsh?  I think Gentoo is for advanced 
users....users who also like to run Debian or Rock Linux.

May I suggest you use the Gentoo forums?  There you can talk directly to 
the developers, and you can talk to a few Gentoo developers on IRC as 
well (oftc.net, #cola and #gentoo).  I have found the Gentoo community 
and Developers to be the nicest and most helpful people I've ever talked 
to.  They have been much nicer to me than the Debian community has 
been....Nobody in the Gentoo community has told me to RTFM.

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*Bugzilla Bug 25133
*/missing e2label explanation to go along with fstab label mount points

Description:
/

the example fstab for the 1.4 gentoo cd contains partition labels, but the 
explanation text has no information on how to set up labels on partitions.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. read the documentation, look for e2label
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
/etc/fstab will not work as given, unless e2label is used to change the label on

the partition.

Expected Results:  
add a section on using e2label, or add a section on using /dev/hda1, etc, 
entries in fstab

this will stump a newbie.  e2label didn't work as expected with me either, and I

had to change /etc/fstab to point to the /dev entries to get a good boot.


/------- Additional Comment #1 From Ken Nowack 2003-07-23 18:29 EST -------

/

Per the install guide: 

Use something like the /etc/fstab listed below, but of course be sure to replace
"BOOT", "ROOT" and "SWAP" with the actual block devices you are using (such as hda1,
etc.)



So those are not meant to be partition labels and that fstab is an example only.
You are correct that it won't work verbatim, but it's not supposed to. Your /etc/fstab
should reflect the block devices the partition you are using reside on, /dev/hdaX
etc, as instructed.


/------- Additional Comment #2 From Zhen Lin 2003-07-23 22:31 EST -------
/

Are you sure he doesn't mean Redhat style

LABEL=/                 /                       ext3            noatime         
               0 0

Which only works for ext2/ext3 partitions? (Hence, e2label)