Improper blkid.tab prevents the use of LABEL or UUID with multipath on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Error trying to mount a multipath filesystem via a filesystem label. e.g.

    # mount LABEL="testlunp1" /mnt
    mount: /dev/sdb1 already mounted or /mnt busy         
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

  • e2fsprogs

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