Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:42:45 -0700 From: "Peter" <fbsdq@peterk.org> To: "Johan Hendriks" <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gpart, modified label does not show up in /dev/gpt. Message-ID: <23e2a89872f6805695ac526665c4d60f.squirrel@pop.pknet.net> In-Reply-To: <4EF4C0E4.7080902@gmail.com> References: <4EF4C0E4.7080902@gmail.com>
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> Hello all. > > I just installed FreeBSD 9.0 RC2 and upgraded to 9.0 RC3. > > I used the standard GPT disk layout at install. > > Now i want to set labels for my disk, so that i can swap around disks a > little more easy. > So reading through the man page it told me to use gpart modify -i -l > > The layout is as follows: > test# gpart status > Name Status Components > da0p1 OK da0 > da0p2 OK da0 > da0p3 OK da0 > > test# gpart list | grep label > label: (null) > label: (null) > label: (null) > > Now i modified the gpart labels. > > test# gpart modify -i1 -l bootpart da0 > da0p1 modified > test# gpart modify -i2 -l rootpart da0 > da0p2 modified > test# gpart modify -i3 -l swap da0 > da0p3 modified > > Ok all looks fine. > Now lets see if i can use my labels > > test# cd /dev/gpt > /dev/gpt: No such file or directory. > > Well it does not create my labels > I did check if the labels where there > > test# gpart list | grep label > label: bootpart > label: rootpart > label: swap > > So i rebooted the machine! > But after a reboot, still no /dev/gpt. > > So why is it not creating my labels! > Am i missing a step? > > Thanks for your time. > > And before i forget, merry christmas to all, and a wonderful 2012. > > regards, > Johan Hendriks > I was going to say if you mount /dev/da0p? its /dev/gpt/label disappears, and since all the partition are mounted already [/dev/gpt/ is empty], then /dev/gpt is maybe also removed.......but /dev/gpt/bootpart is not mounted and should still show up. When you ran the 'gpart' commands, did you set the sysctl geom debug variable? [sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=17] After the reboot, are the labels still there? [gpart list | grep label] ]Peter[
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