Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:24:47 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "glabel label" questions Message-ID: <d36406631001110424n58c9c9a4h61b7ccc751189233@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201001110937.o0B9brKQ019619@mp.cs.niu.edu> References: <201001110937.o0B9brKQ019619@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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2010/1/11 Scott Bennett <bennett@cs.niu.edu> > My system currently has three external disk drives connected via USB > 2.0 > ports and will soon have another drive connected via a Firewire port. The > three already present have quite a few partitions on them, nearly all of > which > already contain file systems with lots of files in them. I would like to > use > the "glabel label" method of labeling each of these partitions, so that I > do > not always have to disconnect all but one external drive when rebooting the > system and then reconnect them one by one in order to get the proper device > files assigned to them for use with /etc/fstab entries. > However, some of these partitions contain GELI-encrypted file systems. > Can the "glabel label" sort of labeling be used with encrypted partitions? > If so, can "glabel label" be used on the encrypted partitions without > destroying the file systems or the data in them? Or will I need to > recreate > the file systems after labeling the partitions and then restore their > contents > from backups? Is there any danger to unencrypted partitions and data when > using the "glabel label" operation? > Thanks in advance for any help with this matter. > > > Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG > ********************************************************************** > * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * > *--------------------------------------------------------------------* > * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * > * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * > * -- a standing army." * > * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * > ********************************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > just unmount them and do a tunefs -L <name> <device> on them. Geli works a layer below the fs so should work fine.
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