Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:08:09 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 113912] tunefs(8): silent failure setting glabel on boot partition Message-ID: <bug-113912-227-YwC1vGtWEM@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-113912-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113912 --- Comment #5 from rkoberman@gmail.com --- Wow! I had to spend some time remembering this. I think that this stems from confusion between the three types of labels that are related to disks and disk partitions. tunefs(8) sets the gpt label which is not the glabel. The GPT label is created when a partition is created by gpart(8). I have never had any issue using tunefs(8) -L option to modify it. The glabel is a GEOM tool and not related to GPT. While I am sure that there are other uses for glabel (set and modified by the glabel(8) command), I have only used it for labeling swap partitions. GPT labels are specified in the specification for GPT and is used by almost all disk configuration while glabel is part of the FreeBSD GEOM system and us only relevant to that system which, as far as I understand it, limited to BSD and not Linux, Windows, or any other system. I am not use if all BSDs use it. THe fact that GPT and GEOM both start with 'G' and are tied to disc structure has caused a lot of confusion, but I thought it had quieted down. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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