Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:11:13 -0500 From: Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: geom_label, fstab without device names & swap partition? Message-ID: <AANLkTimupkfzmMZrPvOnLo8=Jw_62k3gu4==UuaY%2BKdp@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=cq2fXSD%2Bn4%2BXiVuetB0tY%2BGbaZXwV2x4Az=A3@mail.gmail.com> References: <628423291.20110112210201@serebryakov.spb.ru> <AANLkTin=ug708a9c3WozMLhqxQ4=FiC-nvah3RRdj4F1@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTinu6Y9_Vn3mtnsC3L7YSVes%2BgTd7YyZ=R139hN=@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=cq2fXSD%2Bn4%2BXiVuetB0tY%2BGbaZXwV2x4Az=A3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Mark Saad <nonesuch@longcount.org> wrot= e: >> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 2011/1/12 Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru>: >>>> =C2=A0Now, with "newfs -L name", geom_label and /dev/ufs/* it is possi= ble >>>> to not use device names for FSes in "/etc/fstab" at all. But what to >>>> do with swap partitions? How to say, that I want swap on >>>> "/dev/ada0s1b" or "/dev/ad0s1b" whatever name it has now? >>> >>> Use glabel(8) to label the device: >>> >>> # glabel label swap ada0s1b >> >> On a side note there is not a simple way to glabel mounted filesystem > > True, but for a swap partition, it's easy to disable swap, label the > partition, and re-enable swap. =C2=A0:) > > -- > Freddie Cash > fjwcash@gmail.com > Well the thing is I like use glabel in place of a fs label as it makes my devices all names something similar /dev/label/thingie rather then have /dev/ufs/rootfs and /dev/label/swap , I'll have /dev/label/rootfs /dev/label/swap. Also I dont think you can easily change a live label either . --=20 mark saad | nonesuch@longcount.org
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