Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:20:24 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing disks via their serial numbers. Message-ID: <20060707082024.GC11794@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <200606281036.08090.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20060627.120424.-1625880159.imp@bsdimp.com> <62426.1151433799@critter.freebsd.dk> <20060627201148.GC24054@garage.freebsd.pl> <200606281036.08090.jhb@freebsd.org>
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--TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 10:36:07AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday 27 June 2006 16:11, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 06:43:19PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > I wrote this twice already in this thread, but let me write it again. > > File systems are not the whole world. For example. I've a disk ad0. > > I configured gbde(4) on top of it. I create file system on top of > > ad0.bde. Now, let's assume I implemented shrinkfs(8) as you suggested, > > how can I shrink gbde(4) provider? >=20 > If you want a label you should label it before gbde(4). This is similar = to=20 > the fact that you can't retroactively add a gmirror under the gbde slice= =20 > either. That's right. And this is how I do it. Unfortunately this is not always the case. First of all, sysinstall doesn't have support for configuring things like gbde/gmirror (which of course can be changed) or you may simply not expect that you will need labels on your disks when you install the system... --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFErhlIForvXbEpPzQRAtVbAJ4szoIFYH8EShI4yDMVdbG0rmWEvACg1uSu mVREMuvTuE6ikjcMQ5euIo0= =k0Ns -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy--
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