Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:28:21 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: labels and layout Message-ID: <45CC9315.6050500@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20070209150734.GB1193@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <op.tnhjv0np5sheu4@spyro.eiecon.net> <20070209150734.GB1193@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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On 02/09/07 09:07, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 03:29:50PM +0100, Indigo wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> heres a batch of question: >> >> Im looking for a way to mount disks by label instead of device. Im on 6.2 >> and I can't use ZFS until it gets released. >> I saw that tunefs and newfs have some label option - but I assumed it's >> not the kind of label I want because no one is using it. >> >> An example with AdvFS (Tru64): >> # mount >> root_domain#root on / type advfs (rw) >> /proc on /proc type procfs (rw) >> usr_domain#usr on /usr type advfs (rw) >> var_domain#var on /var type advfs (rw) >> >> I just think it's stupid to edit fstab every time Im swapping things >> inside the box - I think it's needless. > > ufs labels as set by tunefs and newfs work fine as long as your load the > geom_label module. I'm honestly not sure what it isn't in GENERIC. > It's really useful. You can also use glabel labels for your swap > partitions. I agree! I use it heavily, pretty much on every system I touch. I label swap, root, etc. Who should we nag^H^H^Hask about including it in GENERIC? Eric
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