Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 11:46:23 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: Coert <lgroups@vlymskerp.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shrinking of FreeBSD root partition on GPT Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411081144540.5769@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <545E48E4.8020704@qeng-ho.org> References: <1478337.iqUxg28tON@penguin> <545E2373.8060807@qeng-ho.org> <3334002.kS950WBlpO@penguin> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411080914030.61254@wonkity.com> <545E48E4.8020704@qeng-ho.org>
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On Sat, 8 Nov 2014, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 08/11/2014 16:16, Warren Block wrote: >> On Sat, 8 Nov 2014, Coert wrote: >> >>>> On a slightly different subject, are you using GPT partition labels? If >>>> not, it might be worth reading Warren Block's excellent article about >>>> them here >>>> >>>> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/labels.html >>> >>> Thank you! I am implementing the labeling now. >> >> That article talks about filesystem labels. GPT labels are created with >> gpart(8). GPT labels do not take any extra space for metadata and do >> not require a filesystem, so they are more versatile. I don't have an >> article on them specifically, but the usage is shown here: >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html > > Slaps forehead. I answered the OP quickly and didn't check. Thanks for > catching that Warren. There's nothing wrong with filesystem labels, just wanted to clarify the difference.
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