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Date:      Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:55:49 -0700
From:      Mike Starr <starrtennis@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mounting from ufs:/dev/ad2s1a failed with error 19.
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Oh neat! Thanks for the advice! I'm looking up gparted as we speak.

Mike

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 1:06 PM Trond Endrest=C3=B8l <
trond.endrestol@ximalas.info> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 21:47+0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>
> > Fine, but where in the installation process would I have had a chance t=
o
> decide for that option?
> > Can I define UUID labels (is that GPT?) in the hindsight?
>
> Your system uses MBR, hence the ad0s prefix.
>
> UFS labels can be set while in singleuser mode, this is particular
> important for the root filesystem.
>
>  1. Reboot to singleuser mode.
>  2. Hit the enter key when asked about which shell to launch.
>  3. tunefs -L root /dev/ad0s1a
>  4. Ditto for the other *UFS* partitions. Consult your /etc/fstab.
>  5. Verify the labels using dumpfs /dev/ad0s1a
>  6. Reboot to multiuser mode.
>  7. Duplicate the necessary lines in /etc/fstab.
>  8. Comment out the original lines, in case you must revert.
>  9. Change the duplicate lines to refer to /dev/ufs/root, etc.
> 10. Reboot to see if you have succeeded.
> 11. Remove the original lines in /etc/fstab, if desired.
>
> I recall issues in the past using glabel(8) which stores the label in
> the last disk block (sector) of the partition. Hence the labeled
> device file should present a device which is one disk block shorter to
> avoid the label being overwritten. Maybe someone else can chime in on
> this.
>
> I prefer GPT labels. See gpart(8), in particular
> gpart modify -l label -i index diskdevice.
>
> --
> Trond.
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