From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 22 16:17:40 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B2BD8B0 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:17:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B4D116D4 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:17:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rBMGHcb4003314; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 09:17:38 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) with ESMTP id rBMGHceM003311; Sun, 22 Dec 2013 09:17:38 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 09:17:38 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: "Mike." Subject: Re: [10.0RC2] partition labels during install In-Reply-To: <201312221025110645.0060D808@smtp.24cl.home> Message-ID: References: <201312221025110645.0060D808@smtp.24cl.home> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 22 Dec 2013 09:17:38 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 16:17:40 -0000 On Sun, 22 Dec 2013, Mike. wrote: > I just installed 10.0RC2 on a test notebook (dmesg at the end of > this message) to start becoming familiar with the changes it > brings. > > During the install, while I was in the Guided partitioning part > of the install, I specified a label for each of the partitions > to be created. (I suspect this feature was available in earlier > versions, but this is the first time I've used it) ... > Hmmm... so then I checked to see if the labels had been created > in /dev > > > > # ls -al /dev/lab* > ls: /dev/lab*: No such file or directory > So now I have the question --- what is the purpose of allowing > me to type in labels during the install process? Where do they > "show up" after the install is complete? Only generic labels show up in /dev/label. GPT labels show up in /dev/gpt, filesystem labels show up elsewhere depending on type. See glabel(8). Also, be aware that GEOM will hide some labels when a device is mounted. As for why bsdinstall does not use them, I don't know. My guess would be that it's desired but not yet implemented. There are several complicating factors like the multiple types and locations of labels. GPT labels, the least-intrusive kind, are only available on disks partitioned with GPT.