From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jan 28 03:59:55 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3859214C845F for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:59:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [217.72.192.74]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC85A6ECE4 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2019 03:59:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.193.226.69]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue108 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MxDck-1h7oK60d9E-00xcMl; Mon, 28 Jan 2019 04:59:34 +0100 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 04:59:31 +0100 From: Polytropon To: freebsd@dreamchaser.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: gpart volume names in /dev? 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I was then > able to use those names in fstab, which was handy because I think fstab > would still work even if the drives were connected differently. This is correct. > How does one get gpart labels to show up in /dev? They should show up automatically as soon as a drive's partitions have been labeled. When such a partition gets mounted, the label file in /dev will disappear, this is completely normal. I'm not sure, but maybe even if you use the device name for mounting, the label could disappear as the corresponding provider is no longer available for mounting. > Can I simply list the label as /dev/hdd-1TB-root (in the above example) > in fstab and it will happen automagically? Note that depending on the _kind_ of labels, the entry in /etc/fstab has to be in a specific format. Example: /dev/ada1p2 <- device name /dev/gpt/hdd-1TB-root <- label from gpart /dev/label/hdd-1TB-root <- label from glabel /dev/ufsid/1234567890abcdef <- UFS ID You can find more information here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html#_the_new_standard_gpt https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-glabel.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...