Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:42:05 -1000 From: parv@pair.com To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> Subject: Re: GEOM label clarification Message-ID: <20091017164205.GB3340@holstein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20091017005844.77c28cc1.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4AD8B65C.9020603@videotron.ca> <4AD8B9A9.7030306@otenet.gr> <4AD8C62C.2060009@videotron.ca> <4AD8C7B9.8030108@otenet.gr> <4AD8D387.3060101@videotron.ca> <4AD8E909.2040804@otenet.gr> <20091017005844.77c28cc1.freebsd@edvax.de>
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in message <20091017005844.77c28cc1.freebsd@edvax.de>, wrote Polytropon thusly... > > On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:43:37 +0300, Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> wrote: > > Is this your normal '/' filesystem, and is it mounted? If it is > > reboot your system and select 'single user mode' from the > > loader.menu > > Then use glabel in the single user mode prompt. > > This will not work if you just 'shutdown now', you have to > > reboot into single user mode. > > Isn't it sufficient to unmount any partitions and keep / in -o ro > mode, and then perform the glabel command, which is obviously best > done in single user mode? > > # shutdown now > # umount /home /usr /var /tmp > # mount -r / > # glabel label rootfs /dev/ad0s1a That did not work for the 3-4 times I had tried on 6.[2-4]-STABLE. Booting regulary in single user mode (choice 4 or 5) also did not allow glabel'ing (for root). - parv --
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