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Date:      Mon, 21 Dec 2015 23:46:48 -0800
From:      Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: which label to use in mount?
Message-ID:  <5678FFE8.4070408@gmail.com>
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I think I just found the reason for different reported numbers:

df -h
/dev/gpt/dback                          48G    2.6G     42G 6%    /backup

vs

df -H
/dev/gpt/dback                          52G    2.8G     45G 6%    /backup

On 12/19/15 5:10 AM, Sergei G wrote:
> Thank you for all the comments.  I have decided to go with GPT mount.
>
> I rerun size checks and was not able to reproduce the difference 
> reported previously with or without df -H option.  So, it appears to 
> be my bad.  here is a short log:
>
> % sudo mount /dev/ufs/back /backup/
> % df /backup/
> Filesystem    1K-blocks    Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/ufs/back  50778204 2403432 44312516     5%    /backup
> % du /backup/
> 2403432    /backup/
>
> % sudo umount /backup/
>
> % sudo mount /dev/gpt/dback /backup
>  % df /backup/
> Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/gpt/dback  50778204 2403432 44312516     5%    /backup
> % du /backup/
> 2403432    /backup/
>
>
> On 12/15/15 7:37 PM, Sergei G wrote:
>> I have executed the following commands:
>>
>>   # gpart create -s GPT ada1
>>   # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -l sback -s 50G ada1
>>   # newfs -nL back /dev/ada1p1
>>
>> so, now I can mount it as either:
>>
>>   # mount /dev/gpt/sback /mnt
>> or
>>   # mount /dev/ufs/back /mnt
>>
>> Both seem to work.  However, command
>>
>>   df -H
>>
>> reports slightly different numbers:
>>
>> /dev/ufs/back                           52G    4.1k     48G 0%    /mnt
>> dev/gpt/dback                          48G    4.0K     45G 0%    /mnt
>>
>> Which way is the correct way to mount?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>




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