Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:00:10 -0500 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geom_label, fstab without device names & swap partition? Message-ID: <AANLkTinu6Y9_Vn3mtnsC3L7YSVes%2BgTd7YyZ=R139hN=@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin=ug708a9c3WozMLhqxQ4=FiC-nvah3RRdj4F1@mail.gmail.com> References: <628423291.20110112210201@serebryakov.spb.ru> <AANLkTin=ug708a9c3WozMLhqxQ4=FiC-nvah3RRdj4F1@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: > 2011/1/12 Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru>: >> =C2=A0Now, with "newfs -L name", geom_label and /dev/ufs/* it is possibl= e >> to not use device names for FSes in "/etc/fstab" at all. But what to >> do with swap partitions? How to say, that I want swap on >> "/dev/ada0s1b" or "/dev/ad0s1b" whatever name it has now? > > Use glabel(8) to label the device: > > # glabel label swap ada0s1b On a side note there is not a simple way to glabel mounted filesystem > > Then point to the label in /etc/fstab: > > /dev/label/swap =C2=A0 =C2=A0swap =C2=A0 sw ... > > > -- > Freddie Cash > fjwcash@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > glabel is also great for doing silly things like things like this glabel label leftdrive0 /dev/ad4 glabel label rightdrive0 /dev/ad5 gmirror label -v -b load raid1 leftdrive0 rightdrive0 this way when you get a gmirror status you can easily tell which drive is doing what, red rebuilding etc . --=20 mark saad | nonesuch@longcount.org
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