Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:04:09 +0300 From: Anton Sayetsky <vsasjason@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com> Subject: Re: which label to use in mount? Message-ID: <CAA2O=b_vCE3oRvPVVaRdUsdmxrR2SMqBjBEffZ2iXkzRLJD5oQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1512162038540.36091@wonkity.com> References: <CAFLLzCMQtupZX651wR35vrJdXY5Ber8qKPd%2B5EX4Dkp4iCv=vg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK3yfkNk0haQ3Ogbc920Go4HUFaik=tWtqyNtsDmJynKLg@mail.gmail.com> <CAA2O=b_AFe%2BkuyE=6kvMR9rCm-Yz%2BGjOVefz5zqPSR0aprM11Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1512162038540.36091@wonkity.com>
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17 =D0=B4=D0=B5=D0=BA. 2015 =D0=B3. 5:42 =D0=BF=D0=BE=D0=BB=D1=8C=D0=B7=D0= =BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8C "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com> =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB: > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2015, Anton Sayetsky wrote: > >> Labels are used when one wants to be independent of disk names and >> partitions numbers. GPT has native support for labels, thus independent of >> filesystem or partition types. GPT labels are also not consuming space o= n >> disk because that space already reserved. So if you'll make 200-sectors >> partition and label it - you'll get 200 sectors available. >> UFS labels stored in last sector of block device so consuming space. > > > This is true of generic labels, but I'm fairly sure that UFS label information is stored in filesystem metadata and takes no additional space. Yep, my fault. Of course metadata. > If a whole GPT partition is used for a single filesystem, either the GPT label or the UFS label should work identically. Maybe TS mounted same partition twice.
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