From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 27 11:49:30 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 410EB1065672 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:49:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eitanadlerlist@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 CDBB88FC1C for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:49:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so2180777fge.13 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:49:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=+PKvC9sqiryNvIg3W/szSMonJyE/14Ge3UWyBrk4+jo=; b=dEdARJeRCCZAB66UFbtkIThGhHvnqGPtd19KvWqsjQbeen/9befhjBA7Pgvk5zLnEa IRlLsOAfw8sQhJfrG2pKY7gBk40JpdS5JA9JklRdha+MDq0UMu6Ul2IkXRmipbnmz/Va FAMj8GNApwZfci7/FokgAEKjPh2+inFBXpYCc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=s2aHyRrTZkbPChWYwc006WckUNhbnTVUVdfWe6Ldwew5ThdOo0seXTHcFOYuWCtEmt CPjUSUJ/3iMXirW3Ou9E4qwsNchegYePAy5x28yJYyPd3ofndxEtnqfx1iTKnkzDuCZB pEaWiZkeE4OiPtXoIJ2KVNuig6wJBX1lV3Ack= Received: by 10.239.172.132 with SMTP id a4mr497118hbf.70.1272368962161; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:49:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.193.77 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:49:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Eitan Adler Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:49:02 +0300 Message-ID: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: geom, glabel, and related terminology X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:49:30 -0000 I'm a little bit confused about some of the file system terminology. What exactly is a GEOM label? What does it mean to have one or for one to be stopped? What is a GEOM provider? What is the difference between a bsd label and a geom label? If you could provide a high level overview the terminology it would help me immensely.