Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 18:59:45 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 293983] [request] Label partitions of install images with version info to enable quick identification Message-ID: <bug-293983-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293983 Bug ID: 293983 Summary: [request] Label partitions of install images with version info to enable quick identification Product: Base System Version: Unspecified Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: misc Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: walter.von.entferndt@posteo.net OBSERVED STATUS: The partitions of the installation images shipped by FreeBSD are not labeled. The result is that when you have some installation media with FBSD, you can not easily identify which version they hold -- and some people have dozen's of USB thumb drives with FBSD and it's derivatives flying around ;) EXPECTED/SUGGESTION: Label the FBSD partition with the version they install, e.g. s/th like FBSD-15.1-RELEASE_INST or FBSD-15-STABLE_INST. 2nd there could be a zero-length file in the root filesystem named like the installed version. Is it possible to label a whole disk? RATIONALE: This would enable a very quick identification just by looking up the label with gpart(8) or mounting the media and listing the root filesystem. Currently one has to browse the filesystem and find e.g. /usr/freebsd-packages/offline, where the version is in the filenames (/etc/os-release is only available at runtime). This could be easier. EXAMPLE: root@t450s:~ # gpart show -l da0 => 1 3932159 da0 MBR (2G) 1 66584 1 (null) (33M) 66585 2962960 2 (null) [active] (1G) 3029545 902615 - free - (441M) The 2nd partition could be labeled like this: 66585 2962960 2 FBSD-15-STABLE-20260312030027 [active] (1G) or FBSD-15-STABLE_INST_20260312030027 [...] root@t450s:~ # gpart show -l da0s2 => 0 2962960 da0s2 BSD (1G) 0 16 - free - (8K) 16 2962944 1 (null) (1G) The last line could be 16 2962944 1 FBSD-15-STABLE_20260312030027 (1G) No one cares if you choose a dash or underscore here. Thx in advance! -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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