Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 20:11:27 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Chris H <chrish@ultimatedns.net> Subject: Re: I need some swap partion help on new 10.1 install Message-ID: <CAN6yY1tqs4cNN36Nu6%2BaA5adMOnGVgCLpF7xbqTKcSuXhRbzQw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1501051957390.30334@wonkity.com> References: <20150102144223.14a2987e@nunki.holyordnance.org> <20150102215604.GF867@rancor.immure.com> <20150102145801.6ea92658@nunki.holyordnance.org> <6b9041859ceb265eedaf6f56f9178a7b@ultimatedns.net> <20150102163539.1eaadbc7@nunki.holyordnance.org> <20150103172527.GI867@rancor.immure.com> <745af5f28074a940e743f6094be15991@ultimatedns.net> <CAN6yY1tAZfp-nDqhYrd63hcxA%2BBKayF3FypOeNvk5cY3e125sg@mail.gmail.com> <54A88D7B.8010901@protected-networks.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1501041836540.33242@wonkity.com> <20150105225028.GC57206@rancor.immure.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1501051957390.30334@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 7:04 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jan 2015, Bob Willcox wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 06:37:18PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 3 Jan 2015, Michael Butler wrote: >>> >>> On 01/03/15 19:35, Kevin Oberman wrote: >>>> >>>> [ .. snip .. ] >>>> >>>> As per an earlier suggestion, did you put: >>>>> kern.geom.label.gpt.enable=0 >>>>> into /boot/loader.conf? If so, that's why you lack a /dev/gpt label. >>>>> This >>>>> is usually a "friendlier" string than the diskid, but both work equally >>>>> well. >>>>> >>>> >>>> bsdinstall does that on its own - you have to manually >>>> remove/comment/set to "1" after installation :-( >>>> >>> >>> gpt, or gptid? The first would be a terrible regression, the second, >>> not so much. >>> >> >> The more I read of this thread the more confused I get. What should I >> have in >> /boot/loader.conf to get the old behavior with more traditional device >> names? >> >> Also, if bsdinstall doesn't do this for me automatically, why did it put >> /dev/ada0p2 in the fstab for swap? >> > > The best way is to use GPT labels, which are stored in the GPT header. > They are portable, so keep working if the drive device name changes (ada0 > to da1, say). > > GPT labels can be set with gpart modify. The labels appear in /dev/gpt/. > As mentioned before, they might not appear if a partition is mounted due to > GEOM "withering". > > GPT labels are enabled by default. If bsdinstall is disabling them, it is > a regression. > > GPT IDs, on the other hand, are a unique generated ID code that can appear > at the same time. Many of us find them not very useful and disable them in > loader.conf. > > I have only upgraded systems to 10.1, so don't know what bsdinstall does > on a new install. > Just checked head and bsdinstall does not disable GPT labels. It does disable gptid labels (which IMHO is a good thing). -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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