Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:40:50 -0600 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: labels and layout Message-ID: <20070209164050.GA9016@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <45CC9315.6050500@freebsd.org> References: <op.tnhjv0np5sheu4@spyro.eiecon.net> <20070209150734.GB1193@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <45CC9315.6050500@freebsd.org>
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--4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 09:28:21AM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote: > 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= =2E2=20 > >>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= =20 > >>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 = =20 > >>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. >=20 > I agree! I use it heavily, pretty much on every system I touch. I=20 > label swap, root, etc. Who should we nag^H^H^Hask about including it in= =20 > GENERIC? I checked with Pawel and will commit it shortly. -- Brooks --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFzKQSXY6L6fI4GtQRAmalAJ4zOzgMsMzEx8ZCwACtezK4PkNBTQCg3Hl2 6RqQ4DKjJGmwwNEssRVAalw= =9iOR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--
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