From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 9 15:28:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D32C216A402 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:28:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3AD313C4A8 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:28:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l19FSLBR023704; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 09:28:21 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <45CC9315.6050500@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:28:21 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brooks Davis References: <20070209150734.GB1193@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20070209150734.GB1193@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2544/Fri Feb 9 02:44:48 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: labels and layout X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:28:24 -0000 On 02/09/07 09:07, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 03:29:50PM +0100, Indigo wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> heres a batch of question: >> >> Im looking for a way to mount disks by label instead of device. Im on 6.2 >> and I can't use ZFS until it gets released. >> I saw that tunefs and newfs have some label option - but I assumed it's >> not the kind of label I want because no one is using it. >> >> An example with AdvFS (Tru64): >> # mount >> root_domain#root on / type advfs (rw) >> /proc on /proc type procfs (rw) >> usr_domain#usr on /usr type advfs (rw) >> var_domain#var on /var type advfs (rw) >> >> I just think it's stupid to edit fstab every time Im swapping things >> inside the box - I think it's needless. > > ufs labels as set by tunefs and newfs work fine as long as your load the > geom_label module. I'm honestly not sure what it isn't in GENERIC. > It's really useful. You can also use glabel labels for your swap > partitions. I agree! I use it heavily, pretty much on every system I touch. I label swap, root, etc. Who should we nag^H^H^Hask about including it in GENERIC? Eric