From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 13 08:19:03 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A8737E8 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:19:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF56AEC for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:19:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=3tYB2OTDbZ6uAE8xOlxESUS6Hor/x24S5hW3B57oqKk=; b=x9CbgLgjc31V+9Q4wuddIs4hY3xO1VOO0aVH5KDTKVmdTE9uCuCNq5BIJyjTjl/K6oHT1pdfwZJrw/FDlXOv8zav9QVCvTC0rWYWpId2lrAoESth00PSSpbYc7JQz6s5; Received: from [125.163.96.175] (port=18637 helo=X220.ovitrap.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TuImM-0048uf-7u; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:18:55 -0700 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:18:50 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: kpneal@pobox.com Subject: Re: gpart, glabel and newfs --> what am I doing wrong Message-ID: <20130113151850.5d50bdf1@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20130113063621.GB63271@neutralgood.org> References: <20130112192220.617e28b6@X220.ovitrap.com> <20130113080900.1a0045f8@X220.ovitrap.com> <20130113063621.GB63271@neutralgood.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 08:19:03 -0000 Hi, On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:36:21 -0500 kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 08:09:00AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > For what is glabel then still good? > > It is still useful for partition schemes that don't have labels (eg, > MBR) AND the filesystem used doesn't support labels itself AND the > end of the partition does not get touched by the filesystem. > > Note that UFS in FreeBSD does support labels. I believe it is the '-L' > option to newfs. ZFS does not in this sense, and ZFS touches the end > of the partition. > > That's a long list of conditions. So, really, glabel should typically > be avoided. > thanks for the explaination. I am not able to use the labels outside gpart but if they work for me - as it currently looks like - I will stick with them. I will later report in more detail when I have finished my scripts. Erich