Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:18:50 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: kpneal@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gpart, glabel and newfs --> what am I doing wrong Message-ID: <20130113151850.5d50bdf1@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20130113063621.GB63271@neutralgood.org> References: <20130112192220.617e28b6@X220.ovitrap.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301120950120.7674@wonkity.com> <20130113080900.1a0045f8@X220.ovitrap.com> <20130113063621.GB63271@neutralgood.org>
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Hi, On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:36:21 -0500 kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 08:09:00AM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > For what is glabel then still good? > > It is still useful for partition schemes that don't have labels (eg, > MBR) AND the filesystem used doesn't support labels itself AND the > end of the partition does not get touched by the filesystem. > > Note that UFS in FreeBSD does support labels. I believe it is the '-L' > option to newfs. ZFS does not in this sense, and ZFS touches the end > of the partition. > > That's a long list of conditions. So, really, glabel should typically > be avoided. > thanks for the explaination. I am not able to use the labels outside gpart but if they work for me - as it currently looks like - I will stick with them. I will later report in more detail when I have finished my scripts. Erich
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