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Date:      Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:30:21 +0300
From:      George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Ted Faber <faber@isi.edu>
Subject:   Re: Switch from legacy ata(4) to CAM-based ATA
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In-Reply-To: <20110421161814.GB2675@zod.isi.edu>
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I also think that labeling disks & partitions should be the default approach
on new installations.
I wonder why the new bsdinstaller does not adopt this policy yet. It is
practical, easy and saves a lot of hassles when it comes to disk
replacements.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Ted Faber <faber@isi.edu> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 03:35:38PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> > On 04/20/2011 15:18, Scott Long wrote:
> > >I agree with what Alexander is saying, but I'd like to take it a step
> further.  We should all be using [...] mount-by-label
> >
> > +1
> >
> > When I first saw this on linux my gut reaction was "ewwww,
> > different." But now that I've worked with it a bit, I really like
> > it. Doing this by default in 9.0 would be a really useful step
> > forward, and would allow greater innovation down the road.
> >
> > Is there a handy tutorial somewhere for making this change in
> > FreeBSD? Or is it even possible to do in a rational way?
>
> Judging from the thread that followed this: no.
>
> I agree with you that there should be and that mount-by-label is the way
> to go.
>
> I seem to recall some flakiness with mounting labelled gmirrors.  Anyone
> know if that's been resolved?
>
> --
> Ted Faber
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