Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:33:08 +0100 From: Nicolai Mollerup <nicolai.mollerup@gmail.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geom_label, fstab without device names & swap partition? Message-ID: <AANLkTikvS33PcKuip9wcqqtdN_JA4e7bzy3ePt%2B10Tr1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D309A81.7040808@rdtc.ru> References: <628423291.20110112210201@serebryakov.spb.ru> <AANLkTin=ug708a9c3WozMLhqxQ4=FiC-nvah3RRdj4F1@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinu6Y9_Vn3mtnsC3L7YSVes%2BgTd7YyZ=R139hN=@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=cq2fXSD%2Bn4%2BXiVuetB0tY%2BGbaZXwV2x4Az=A3@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimupkfzmMZrPvOnLo8=Jw_62k3gu4==UuaY%2BKdp@mail.gmail.com> <4D309A81.7040808@rdtc.ru>
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>> >> Well the thing is I like use glabel in place of a fs label as it makes >> my devices all names something similar >> /dev/label/thingie rather then have /dev/ufs/rootfs and >> /dev/label/swap =A0, I'll have /dev/label/rootfs /dev/label/swap. >> Also I dont think you can easily change a live label either . > > "tunefs -L" changes UFS label (/dev/ufs/label) and does not use extra 512= bytes of space. > If you read the original post, swap is mentioned. UFS labels doesnt really work with swap partitions. Therefore glabel is the more obvious choice for simple names to partitions, and honestly 512 bytes on harddrive... I would recommend using gpart to create partitions and labels, and then put them in a gmirror for future convenience. #gmirror status Name Status Components mirror/root COMPLETE gpt/root0 mirror/var COMPLETE gpt/var0 mirror/tmp COMPLETE gpt/tmp0 mirror/usr COMPLETE gpt/usr0 mirror/swap COMPLETE gpt/swap0 This way its very easy to add an extra harddrive and add that to the mirror if needed later on. /Nicolai
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