Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:24:44 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geom label detaching partway through boot Message-ID: <20070911112444.GB1110@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <fc5s0r$lof$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <op.tyfhhyg61l7iwy@corrugated-real.rochester.rr.com> <20070910084143.GA18587@garage.freebsd.pl> <1131.147.177.179.52.1189445556.squirrel@angst.csh.rit.edu> <20070910175539.GB1103@garage.freebsd.pl> <fc5j7u$ob8$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070911095856.GA1110@garage.freebsd.pl> <fc5s0r$lof$1@sea.gmane.org>
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--K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 12:52:03PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > >On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 10:22:12AM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote: > >>Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > >> > >>>Ah, version is not important actually. The problem is that both > >>>/dev/da0s1a and /dev/label/geom0s1a have the same size and the same > >>>metadata.=20 > >>Doesn't glabel store it's metadata on the provider (da0) if used with= =20 > >>the "label" verb? If so, why isn't the produced geom (geom0) shorter by= =20 > >>one sector? If not, where does it store the metadata? :) > > > >geom0 is one sector shorter than da0, but bsdlabel stuff, which defines > >partitions is the same for both, so geom0s1a and da0s1a have the same > >size. >=20 > You're right, if the bsdlabel was created on da0 instead of geom0. It's= =20 > not clear if the OP did that (question for the OP: did you?). It doesn't really matter if 'a' partition doesn't cover entire slice. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFG5nr8ForvXbEpPzQRApEOAJ9PVOLYODXb9eW+cEfkk/eDpOUZ4QCgm2NK HEvBABc9J8VHHHfYrKEgM88= =JV/D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K8nIJk4ghYZn606h--
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