Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:41:55 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Redux Message-ID: <20110215144155.7eacbb0e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102142021500.13653@wonkity.com> References: <4D59BCF4.2040209@remdog.net> <20110215011220.16606770.freebsd@edvax.de> <4D59C7AD.1070300@comcast.net> <AANLkTim7FPQh1O-DBrPyiKNva_g7==S0MtCXVJ1GdSP5@mail.gmail.com> <4D59DFC0.7020008@comcast.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102142021500.13653@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:25:11 -0700 (MST), Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > Labels just provide an alternate way to refer to a slice, or partition, > or filesystem. They don't replace the normal device names. It's worth mentioning that the /etc/fstab mechanisms for mounting can work with ANY of the "identification names" for meddia at the same time, this means you can mount one drive (or even partition) as /dev/ad0s1d, the next one as /dev/label/home, the next one as /dev/ufsid/1234567890 and so on. One doesn't replace the other. The really handy thing about labels is that the drive's position during the recognition by the system (ad0, ad1, ad2, ...) doesn't matter. Say you move the hard drive from a defective controller (ad0) to a PCI replacement controller (ad4), labels won't change, and booting would happen as usual. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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