(i say this as someone who's done a fair bit of work with tape jukeboxes...)

re: putting the host name in the label:

the 'what if it's in an autochanger' argument doesn't apply here --
the question was about adding a HOSTNAME to the superblock, in addition
to the FS name that's already there.  the 'last mounted on' name is
fine, to look things up in an AC.  you'd only need a hostname if somebody
walked into your machine room which contained two machines w/AC's,
and shuffled the disks between them.  in that case, you'll need to
do it by hand anyway (and you might want to strangle that somebody, by hand,
too...  8-).


The fact is, if a disk is moving between machines, somebody's going to be
around to look at the label.

As for people who don't bother putting stuff on the (paper) label:
"screw them."  If it's not important enough to label, it's not
important enough to keep.  99% of my floppies are unlabeled, scattered
about the floor, desk, etc.  the 1% that are labeled, however, are labeled
neatly, and kept neatly in a drawer, etc...  8-)


chris

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