Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 18:32:16 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diskid documentation Message-ID: <538CFB70.5040406@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <538C9D45.6090109@pix.net> References: <CAFMmRNyL=y14h6Ov0CDgXovt0zN9VuK93vYQL80Syab2CkkoPQ@mail.gmail.com> <538C9D45.6090109@pix.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2014-06-02 11:50, Kurt Lidl wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Allan Jude <allanjude at freebsd.org> >> wrote: >>> It also tends to sometimes hide the gpt label provider on me (not sure >>> in which cases it does this, but it is annoying) >> >> This happens when something (e.g. zfs) happens to open the diskid >> provider instead of the gpt label. For me this ended up being a bit >> more than annoying; my swap was mounted in /etc/fstab via a gpt label >> so I silently lost my swap when I did an upgrade. > > I have seen this too, starting from a fresh install. > > The install process for stable/10 writes a /dev/gpt style label > into /etc/fstab for the swap space, and that never gets used, > because the /dev/diskid/xxxx stuff appears to take precedence. > > I put the following into /boot/loader.conf to make the system more > sane: > > kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable=0 > > -Kurt > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have a patch for the installer that solves this issue by explicitly using /dev/adaXpY or adaXsYb etc I thought the label was a nice way to do it, but it backfired. -- Allan Jude [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTjPtwAAoJEJrBFpNRJZKfpAQP/3fie7/pz5FJ55sGfzbqTV10 1MNMoi/rpwhY2NGnppLV4vLH3LcmUEFQtJ0wXjpgR+75IGmQqIA/Cneakg5MRPSp 26VhRbt+KK6Oa3l4xix9vmRaw+eZVBIIDwirGnnBlosFcYTbjXfEEhzLpGm/Vp9k bP2R2IFuFwnqL8ECtV8lNoBjGhHiMu3gCVhV6XW0DOYnDCjVQScgMLQPUUuSIvcC +lp+cD5MndCVoFJCyGATiQC6DiG+B8cUXWRkLZjFecz/QT8NJSKhznUwkIWUnOBo 4zOla5t7A+ZIk/tBHuEFydhnU9gkkv4372h9vn1dVkO4QSzE+uLKelZSe78yzwY2 lpLlU9+w7zy8iALKPYTniix4Qzn8EAR49bh6lKtJeqT87yUiZqfKsiu4zohoJMiw SyB3ZfoYqVgbYlGncHnZGIvIcl1x2B3RM4Qhk9nAolrkB8E3Nq9GsWnD0hgLDZzl k3dqzCBt63gJyf2g2xTE2qw6g3PtQ9+ED+vNejuF1cArNxzUiJA9lbk8WX+mXRZa zEqKuzkJave1klmfviacqj+zuwyazESmwLRkq7ynwqBn7pIIjS7WBN0SJiZEhIL7 2jic6n13MJNCTwpGH+S5MXm8aDgRIZcqXKRJxhi64CXi6p4XfzNG9XPpxvEyioz8 f261+kc/7t49yBm15RQQ =Lh71 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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