From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 7 08:23:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6529416A4DD; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:23:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pjd@garage.freebsd.pl) Received: from mail.garage.freebsd.pl (arm132.internetdsl.tpnet.pl [83.17.198.132]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC0843D45; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:23:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pjd@garage.freebsd.pl) Received: by mail.garage.freebsd.pl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 069235138F; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:23:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (unknown [195.117.102.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.garage.freebsd.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97A1651339; Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:23:21 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:20:24 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20060707082024.GC11794@garage.freebsd.pl> References: <20060627.120424.-1625880159.imp@bsdimp.com> <62426.1151433799@critter.freebsd.dk> <20060627201148.GC24054@garage.freebsd.pl> <200606281036.08090.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200606281036.08090.jhb@freebsd.org> X-PGP-Key-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~pjd/pjd.asc X-OS: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386 User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on mail.garage.freebsd.pl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing disks via their serial numbers. X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 08:23:28 -0000 --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 10:36:07AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday 27 June 2006 16:11, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 06:43:19PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > I wrote this twice already in this thread, but let me write it again. > > File systems are not the whole world. For example. I've a disk ad0. > > I configured gbde(4) on top of it. I create file system on top of > > ad0.bde. Now, let's assume I implemented shrinkfs(8) as you suggested, > > how can I shrink gbde(4) provider? >=20 > If you want a label you should label it before gbde(4). This is similar = to=20 > the fact that you can't retroactively add a gmirror under the gbde slice= =20 > either. That's right. And this is how I do it. Unfortunately this is not always the case. First of all, sysinstall doesn't have support for configuring things like gbde/gmirror (which of course can be changed) or you may simply not expect that you will need labels on your disks when you install the system... --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFErhlIForvXbEpPzQRAtVbAJ4szoIFYH8EShI4yDMVdbG0rmWEvACg1uSu mVREMuvTuE6ikjcMQ5euIo0= =k0Ns -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy--