From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 21:04:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C42631065670 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:04:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from artis.caune@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FBAE8FC13 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 21:04:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from artis.caune@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2603754fgb.35 for ; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:04:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=/arMew5eOxPhJvE5m0ASVazVbX9HW46Xwk8OslrrnTA=; b=oMFEKit7AnvbEWoWIh730S3Qxgr6dxBGrK6hbscyjV3JcSO4l3LL0ATDuYg7roLor2 24lzytMiF2F8eBHCxhLhkUiAqT/20nzuJLHqqU7+lIkRLMYTUqpzMcYCWsGVs9F5mat/ CI65SUC5bqkRtilOYDp5E2qw9HEaVm/MVNXmE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=PH7BpHTKxwHkS1ne2SAkrQhPIeuVSwf20jzGemCc3LrwBl26wHutfvsZkD1tyhfZIT uXqn0xxl4FxzxMYeWhsZKUfXkWD5Elfmz2/ApCHVBy1ERraBedl0seWcKXTxIP2y9Tqj SmFchcX41Ld/96us6Cf5oNiDce8yGV4qyfrFM= Received: by 10.86.63.19 with SMTP id l19mr13035942fga.40.1231274098249; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:34:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.86.31.11 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:34:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9e20d71e0901061234n2b6a526ap3290abdca4ef7527@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:34:58 +0200 From: "Artis Caune" To: "Stefan Bethke" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: Labeling disks X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:04:17 -0000 2008/12/5 Stefan Bethke : > - Using glabel to label the disks, and then fdisk/bsdlabel partioning them, > works nicely. As soon as I put a gmirror on the label/disk?s1a partitions, > *all* labels disappear. Huh? I can understand removing the labels for the > partitions that are now the providers used by the gmirror, but why to the > other get removed? Also, it seems that gmirror references the actual disks > (see gmirror output below) instead of the labels. I was under the impression > that glabel would consume a provider and provide it minus the last sector, > so /dev/label/foo and /dev/ad22 are not the same device (but do overlap). Have you tried to label gmirror with -h flag? -- regards, Artis Caune <----. CCNA | BSDA <----|==================== <----' didii FreeBSD