Here on my RH9 it has root=LABEL=/ . I think this means it'll choose the root partition based on the label (which label, I'm not so sure) so that you don't have to know whether it's hda3 or hda46.
Same. The label in question is the ext2 fs label. It is specified when you create the fs or you can also change it with e2label (and maybe tune2fs). File system lables only work with ext2 and ext3 I think. Daniels thought about there needing to be a different partition for LVM systems is correct. However the usage of LABEL= on boot and in fstab may get around that. I don't have much knowledge when it comes to LVM, check the LVM howto on the LDP website. Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver.jones(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com