Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:26:08 -0500 From: "Mike." <the.lists@mgm51.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: re: [10.0RC2] partition labels during install Message-ID: <201312231026080790.007089CA@smtp.24cl.home> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312221354210.4052@wonkity.com> References: <201312221402470675.0128102B@smtp.24cl.home> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312221354210.4052@wonkity.com>
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On 12/22/2013 at 1:56 PM Warren Block wrote: |On Sun, 22 Dec 2013, Mike. wrote: | |> OK, I looked and did not see anything under /dev/ufs or |> /dev/gpt. | |> I'll use glabel outside of the bsdinstall process to put labels |> on the partitions. I've used that process on another box, and |> it works fine. | |Both GPT and UFS labels do not take up extra metadata space that can be |overwritten if the user is not careful about devices. You did not say |whether this was a GPT disk, but UFS labels are fine also. | |In other words: don't use generic glabels unless there is no other |choice. ============= I followed the example here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom-gl abel.html#idp80664496 with results similar (i.e., /dev/label/rootfs , etc. ) to those in the example. > You did not say whether this was a GPT disk, Is there a way to check this?
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