Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:48:20 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: "bsalinux@gmail.com" <bsalinux@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk labels (was: Re: fixating USB Storage) Message-ID: <CAHHBGkr0rQ8AsSCqh_%2B16sNiFgvveO=v-ddfzEEP%2BMHKgfkNfQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20302.17725.515279.964152@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <CAB3Sx6evad7VOWoK3AHF6DW0y0k6ZgpBwPUMSu7Ag8-dQqSJTw@mail.gmail.com> <201202040953.19456.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <CABfwSFrW%2BwSacq3arxds30qs4LnkdYXkfGV0MZ7Em0fPu7P=Mg@mail.gmail.com> <201202041433.55000.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <CAB3Sx6dFKweDSAjbah2TXX6WWUV0eN-dgix79XziBKXHy0REaQ@mail.gmail.com> <20120228173042.218144e7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20302.11068.426551.17422@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202290751320.79170@wonkity.com> <20302.17725.515279.964152@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 29 February 2012 10:33, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: > > Warren Block writes: >> > I have a disk - ad1 - with a partition - p2 - that was >> > (obviously) created by gpart ... but no label was attached. >> > Can I add a label to that partition later? "man gpart" only >> > shows a label being added when the partition is created, >> >> (untested) >> # gpart modify -i 2 -l mylabel ada0 > > I did this, and nothing exploded. :-) > When (and where) should I expect to see these appear under > /dev? Immediately? After rebooting? I want to edit fstab, but > want to be clear on how. > The label(s) should be accessible immediately, HOWEVER: if the filesystem is mounted rw they'll be lost on reboot. So you probably want to do the labelling from single-user mode. -- --help
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