Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:55:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Geom, MBR, labels, and usb sticks Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207210751570.18686@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5008EC03.8000902@jetcafe.org> References: <500875C2.1070903@jetcafe.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207192144590.9772@wonkity.com> <5008EC03.8000902@jetcafe.org>
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, Dave Hayes wrote: > On 07/19/12 20:50, Warren Block wrote: >> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012, Dave Hayes wrote: >>> and still the labels do not show up. >> >> They won't show in gpart because they are filesystem labels. They will >> show in 'tunefs -p' or 'file -s'. > > Thank you for that. I was able to verify that tunefs -p works. > >>> I really do want to be able to mount /dev/ufs/foo as the root device, >>> but as I understand things if gpart doesn't show the label then the >>> glabel subsystem won't set up the proper device file. >>> >>> What gives here? Am I missing something important? >> >> There is more than one type of label. glabel(8) has a list that >> includes the device directory where the label appears. > > Right. However if the label is not showing up in /dev/ufs/<label> > what are my debugging options? The label won't appear until the device has been retasted. That can be forced with 'true > /dev/ada0p2' or by rebooting. Labels can also be hidden when a device is in use (mounted). If the label still doesn't show, the only other thing that comes to mind is a custom kernel that is missing the needed GEOM modules.
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