Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:39:52 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: which label to use in mount? Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK3yfkNk0haQ3Ogbc920Go4HUFaik=tWtqyNtsDmJynKLg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFLLzCMQtupZX651wR35vrJdXY5Ber8qKPd%2B5EX4Dkp4iCv=vg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFLLzCMQtupZX651wR35vrJdXY5Ber8qKPd%2B5EX4Dkp4iCv=vg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com> wrote: > I have executed the following commands: > > # gpart create -s GPT ada1 > # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -l sback -s 50G ada1 > # newfs -nL back /dev/ada1p1 > > so, now I can mount it as either: > > # mount /dev/gpt/sback /mnt > or > # mount /dev/ufs/back /mnt > > Both seem to work. However, command > > df -H > > reports slightly different numbers: > > /dev/ufs/back 52G 4.1k 48G 0% /mnt > dev/gpt/dback 48G 4.0K 45G 0% /mnt > > Which way is the correct way to mount? > It is an arbitrary choice to use either gpt or ufs labels. Use one or the other, not both for a particular filesystem. GPT are more ubiquitous since you can use them for swap etc. UFS labels also have their use cases. However your output is inconsistent so I have no idea what's going on. Likely you have misrepresented something. -- Adam
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