From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 29 13:51:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33D816A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:51:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grant.org (grant.org [206.190.173.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CD5A43D5C for ; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:51:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mgrant@grant.org) Received: from grant.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grant.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iATDpc1E049004 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:51:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mgrant@grant.org) Received: (from mgrant@localhost) by grant.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id iATDpcia049003; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:51:38 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mgrant) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:51:38 -0500 From: Michael Grant To: Andrea Campi Message-ID: <20041129135138.GK98559@grant.org> References: <20041129101033.GH98559@grant.org> <200411292133.25842.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20041129122059.GI98559@grant.org> <20041129123958.GA31719@webcom.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041129123958.GA31719@webcom.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bios disk numbers and device names X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:51:44 -0000 Thanks, that seems like it will work perfectly. Do you know if I can boot a root device on say /dev/ufs/root? tunefs -L root /dev/da0a then in my fstab: /dev/ufs/root / ufs rw 1 1 Also, what is the difference between dong 'glabel lable -v root' and 'tunefs -L root'? It appears from the man page that one creates a /dev/label/root and the other creates a /dev/ufs/root. Where can I learn more about /dev/label and /dev/ufs? Thanks again. Michael Grant On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 01:39:58PM +0100, Andrea Campi wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 07:21:00AM -0500, Michael Grant wrote: > > Has anyone thought about this problem? Is there some spare space in > > the label that could be used for a device name that, if set, could > > be used in place of (or an alias for) a name like da0? > > GEOM_LABEL is what you're looking for. Check the glabel(8) man > page. In a nutshell, you'd do this: > > tunefs -L log /dev/ad1s1a > tunefs -L db /dev/da4s1a > tunefs -L www /dev/da4s1a > ... > > mount /dev/ufs/log /mnt/log > mount /dev/ufs/db /mnt/db > mount /dev/ufs/www /mnt/www > > (you get the idea). Obviously you can move use the /dev/ufs/* > devices in fstab as well. > > If later on you move the filesystems to a different device while > retaining the label (which means no tar, you have to use dd or > dump/restore), everything works. > > Hope it helps. Bye, > Andrea > > -- > Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; > teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.