At startup, Fedora won't mount /home ("label in use")

Kropotkin · 11-11-2004, 05:21 PM

Hi all,

When I upgraded from Fedora Core 2 to Core 3, I did a clean install on a new harddrive.My new drive now looks like this:

Code:

/dev/sda
  sda1 /boot
  sda2 /
  sda3 swap
  sda4 Extended
    sda5 /home

I now boot from this drive. So far, so good. The old Core 2 drive is now /dev/sdb and looks like this:

Code:

/dev/sdb
  sdb1 /boot
  sdb3 /
  sdb2 /home

I've deleted the swap partition and will delete the boot and root shortly. However, I am continuing to use the old /home partition on this drive for data, mounting under my new /home directory.

The problem is that when I boot, the system refuses to mount the new /home partition, sda5, saying that LABEL=/home is in use. Each time, I have to log in as root and manually mount sda5 and then sdb2 under it. How do I rename sdb2 or otherwise configure the system so that this conflict is avoided at startup?

Thanks for your help.

michaelk · 11-11-2004, 05:27 PM

Use tune2fs to change the label of the old home partition.

Kropotkin · 11-11-2004, 05:39 PM

Thank you! I have made the change and hopefully the next time I boot everything will go fine...

Kropotkin · 11-12-2004, 11:25 AM

Thanks again, everything now fixed.

Also discovered that e2label can do something similar...