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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:58:22 -0700
From:      "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   filesystem labels?
Message-ID:  <A150BA2A-0669-4079-9978-44805FD4E851@gushi.org>

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Hey all,

I find that the handbook mentions glabel labels, but several other =
places say don=E2=80=99t use them.

I managed to apply a gpt label to my new partition that I created using =
only =E2=80=9Cgpart=E2=80=9D=20

The handbook mentions glabel labels, and tunefs labels, but says nothing =
about GPT labels.

I=E2=80=99ve seen some more complete posts on the forums (i.e. =
https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/how-to-label-partitions.64380/) but =
they still don=E2=80=99t show the full picture of what labels are usable =
where, by what and which.

Is there a good primer people know of of what the various types are, =
fully, which are supported in fstab, which work with ZFS only, and the =
like?

Or should I just keep on using /dev/daX in fstab?  (This only came up, =
as I=E2=80=99m moving virtual disk images around, and renumbering =
happens automatically when I delete one from a running vm), so labels =
are useful in this case.=

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hey =
all,<div><br></div><div>I find that the handbook mentions glabel labels, =
but several other places say don=E2=80=99t use =
them.</div><div><br></div><div>I managed to apply a gpt label to my new =
partition that I created using only =
=E2=80=9Cgpart=E2=80=9D&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The handbook =
mentions glabel labels, and tunefs labels, but says nothing about GPT =
labels.</div><div><br></div><div>I=E2=80=99ve seen some more complete =
posts on the forums (i.e.&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/how-to-label-partitions.64380/"=
>https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/how-to-label-partitions.64380/</a>) =
but they still don=E2=80=99t show the full picture of what labels are =
usable where, by what and which.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there a =
good primer people know of of what the various types are, fully, which =
are supported in fstab, which work with ZFS only, and the =
like?</div><div><br></div><div>Or should I just keep on using /dev/daX =
in fstab? &nbsp;(This only came up, as I=E2=80=99m moving virtual disk =
images around, and renumbering happens automatically when I delete one =
from a running vm), so labels are useful in this =
case.</div></body></html>=

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