From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 27 14:08:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF1431065709 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:08:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DBBB8FC37 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:08:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvg11 with SMTP id 11so108622pvg.13 for ; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:08:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=U3/WufljHH6uptVRdFpbAWG9dTF7S3MrtaD6+7IFBh8=; b=DROwRfVfzcL0ENMb5BE6IqKp50m/Lz6lvwCAOW3xbA3mtw2IPB3azHAZ5xVwtMcUlo GlwSloQTOUoMjFv3OMmpz8/dGks+M0vi/luBtULBmLh8I8XQgTXnnGkzN+qdwGkyw5IB CdICIzAMPsnk2tSqAvKRcCrfVacTCI3A1BOVU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Q+QS0vF2MA0mLK5T6x62O2XMgDcOWuGrnD6e5qbVCEo82Hc6ySuAwfDQ5FqrO073ON 9Yjw79F20ui3j5ThxPjoovsNPgHiJ/ga5vNd/HeYpCIGycg9Aiq+dl5SIG94bwoG7GeG qzI1UnnTaw3+Fxo/UGQIL6KP3dI5++m1TsnkA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.117.14 with SMTP id p14mr3084885wfc.144.1272377301478; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:08:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.113.36 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:08:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:08:21 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Eitan Adler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geom, glabel, and related terminology X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:08:26 -0000 On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Eitan Adler wro= te: > I'm a little bit confused about some of the file system terminology. > > What exactly is a GEOM label? =A0What does it mean to have one or for > one to be stopped? > What is a GEOM provider? > What is the difference between a bsd label and a geom label? > > If you could provide a high level overview the terminology it would > help me immensely. $ man 4 geom It's on my reading list as well ;) -Brandon