The following line in the /etc/fstab does not work with LABEL when trying to run 'mount /boot': LABEL=boot /boot vfat ro 0 0 The partition was created and label set using the following command (using busybox mkfs.vfat): mkfs.vfat -n boot /dev/mmcblk0p1 Using LABEL= with ext2 and ext4 mount points works fine. The following busybox options are configured related to mount and vfat: CONFIG_MOUNT=y CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL=y CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FLAGS=y CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FSTAB=y CONFIG_VOLUMEID=y CONFIG_FEATURE_VOLUMEID_FAT=y Switching to the util-linux mount made the same /etc/fstab vfat entry result in a successful mount. Additionally blkid doesn't even show the vfat partition when run.