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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 11:46:23 -0700 (MST)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>
Subject: Re: shrinking of FreeBSD root partition on GPT
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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.