Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:23:55 -0700 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gpart volume names in /dev? Message-ID: <9ad691c2-2fdd-bb91-cd0b-da7a1c3f7d56@dreamchaser.org> In-Reply-To: <20190128045931.fdd89d9b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <c2651ac5-1a03-8ab3-0dde-ab0c6589a24d@dreamchaser.org> <20190128045931.fdd89d9b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 1/27/19 8:59 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 19:48:02 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: >> 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. Ah, maybe that's why I didn't see them any more. >> 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 Thanks, that's what I needed.
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