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Date:      Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:11:45 -0500
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
To:        Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: bsdinstall-amd64-20110313 remarks
Message-ID:  <4D875CA1.8020607@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110321100428.GN90300@e.0x20.net>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103210906001.48840@gw.reifenberger.com> <20110321100428.GN90300@e.0x20.net>

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On 03/21/11 05:04, Lars Engels wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 09:25:36AM +0100, Michael Reifenberger wrote:
>> Hi,
>> yesterday I tested the images listed in the subject and have the following
>> remarks:
>>
>> - At least the memstick image contains an empty fstab
>> - Does the usage of a "dangerously dedikated disklabel" give any advantage?
>> - The usage of an UFS-Label for root mounting should be more flexible
> - UFS-labeling does not work
>
> I let bsdinstall partition the disk automatically and edited the
> proposed partitions to add labels, but after the first boot, neither
> fstab nor /dev/label showed any labels.

The labels are gpart labels, so they show up, e.g., under /dev/gpt. They 
aren't currently used to set up fstab, as it is somewhat difficult to 
predict their path.
-Nathan



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