Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:44:18 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: which label to use in mount? Message-ID: <20151216134418.696fa994@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFLLzCMQtupZX651wR35vrJdXY5Ber8qKPd%2B5EX4Dkp4iCv=vg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFLLzCMQtupZX651wR35vrJdXY5Ber8qKPd%2B5EX4Dkp4iCv=vg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:37:16 -0800 Sergei G <sergeig.public@gmail.com> 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 > you allow the destruction of the GPT label by this. newfs /dev/label/sback should be the better option. > so, now I can mount it as either: > > # mount /dev/gpt/sback /mnt > or > # mount /dev/ufs/back /mnt This will work only until the disk became filled. > > 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? > Use only tyhe GPT label, but also for formatting. Erich
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