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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:38:25 +0800
From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
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Subject: Re: Where has my /dev/label gone?
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Hi,

On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:24:28 +0000
lucian@lastdot.org wrote:

> Erich Dollansky writes:
> 
> 
> I have GEOM_LABEL loaded, but I noticed something strange.
> If I boot in single user, I can create and see the labels
> under /dev/label, however if I remount the / filesystem RW
> then /dev/label disappears. BUT, if I just replace my / partition in
> fstab with the seemingly missing label (eg /dev/label/rootfs) then
> the system boots up fine and /dev/label is again available to `ls`.
> Strange stuff, it should be covered in the handbook...
> Problem solved, I guess.

this is what you need. After the partition is mounted, the label is not
used anymore.

Erich