From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 29 16:48:22 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E3CE106564A for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:48:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB388FC1E for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:48:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhn6 with SMTP id hn6so3184319wib.13 for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:48:20 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of illoai@gmail.com designates 10.180.7.231 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.7.231; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of illoai@gmail.com designates 10.180.7.231 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=illoai@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=illoai@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.7.231]) by 10.180.7.231 with SMTP id m7mr23196560wia.3.1330534100846 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:48:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tcqtNsBB+rcBGxziYf+94zN8dypi8Xpj1cTbcOvDcyQ=; b=bceORLoMyzvQ0G7JaEpD8AMDTSZ+ExPdI1Uyjm7QsmRzUUty2Z5c2abfADPvsPH5n6 bQQWA/J1oIu1EfB8uo06a9fVUBMHS9ECBSDRtHJdyXX4QGpen2h+0nElb92Fezu0hmoe +T0kpIYJp9DF5YciNMsbsGrW2Gl/iiYxYa9/0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.7.231 with SMTP id m7mr18586957wia.3.1330534100800; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:48:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.217.5.142 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:48:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20302.17725.515279.964152@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <201202040953.19456.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <201202041433.55000.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> <20120228173042.218144e7.freebsd@edvax.de> <20302.11068.426551.17422@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20302.17725.515279.964152@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:48:20 -0500 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Robert Huff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "bsalinux@gmail.com" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disk labels (was: Re: fixating USB Storage) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:48:22 -0000 On 29 February 2012 10:33, Robert Huff wrote: > > Warren Block writes: >> =A0> =A0 =A0I have a disk - ad1 - with a partition - p2 - that was >> =A0> (obviously) created by gpart ... but no label was attached. >> =A0> =A0 =A0Can I add a label to that partition later? =A0"man gpart" on= ly >> =A0> shows a label being added when the partition is created, >> >> =A0(untested) >> =A0# gpart modify -i 2 -l mylabel ada0 > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I did this, and nothing exploded. =A0:-) > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0When (and where) should I expect to see these appear under > /dev? =A0Immediately? =A0After rebooting? =A0I 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. --=20 --