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From: lucian@lastdot.org
To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
Subject: Re: Where has my /dev/label =?UTF-8?Q?gone=3F?=
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Erich Dollansky writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:10:53 +0000
> Lucian <lucian@lastdot.org> wrote:
>
> > I set up some labels (glabel label blah /dev/partition) and they show
> > up fine in /dev/label, but once I reboot out of single user mode and
> > into nornal mode /dev/label is gone.
> >
> > What am I missing?
>
> Bermuda triangle?
>
> It sounds strange. Ok, you this in the single user mode. Why? What
> devices did you label?
>
> Hopefully not the devices in use. This does not work from my point of
> view. You would have to use another label type then.
>
> Erich

I did this in single user because according to the docs you can't do it on a  
"live system". http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/geom-glabel.html