Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:56:39 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gpart, glabel and newfs --> what am I doing wrong Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301120950120.7674@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20130112192220.617e28b6@X220.ovitrap.com> References: <20130112192220.617e28b6@X220.ovitrap.com>
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2013, Erich Dollansky wrote: > in general, I try to create the partitions with gpart, add a label with > glabel and put a filesystem. I think that I am doing something very > simple the wrong way but I cannot see the error. > > I try to do it in the following way: > > # gpart destroy -F da0 > # gpart create -s GPT da0 > # gpart add -t freebsd-boot -s 64k da0 > # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 da0 > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 512m -a 4k -l Toshiba16GB2boot da0 > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 10m -a 4k -l Toshiba16GB2root da0 > # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -s 10m -a 4k -l Toshiba16GB2swap da0 > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 10m -a 4k -l Toshiba16GB2var da0 > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 10m -a 4k -l Toshiba16GB2tmp da0 > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -a 4k -l Toshiba16GB2usr da0 > > Label the partitions: > > # glabel label Toshiba16GB2boot /dev/da0p2 > # glabel label Toshiba16GB2root /dev/da0p3 > # glabel label Toshiba16GB2swap /dev/da0p4 > # glabel label Toshiba16GB2var /dev/da0p5 > # glabel label Toshiba16GB2tmp /dev/da0p6 > # glabel label Toshiba16GB2usr /dev/da0p7 There is no need for all this. You already created GPT labels with 'gpt -l' above. And those labels don't need extra metadata at the end of the partition. > And put a file system onto the partitions. > > # newfs /dev/label/Toshiba16GB2boo > # newfs /dev/label/Toshiba16GB2roo > # newfs /dev/label/Toshiba16GB2var > # newfs /dev/label/Toshiba16GB2tmp > # newfs /dev/label/Toshiba16GB2usr Those look cut off. And there's surely a limit to the length of label names, but I'm not sure what it is. Anyway, use # newfs /dev/gpt/Toshiba16GB2boot And consider using -U with newfs.
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