Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:46:28 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, Coert <lgroups@vlymskerp.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: shrinking of FreeBSD root partition on GPT Message-ID: <545E48E4.8020704@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411080914030.61254@wonkity.com> References: <1478337.iqUxg28tON@penguin> <545E2373.8060807@qeng-ho.org> <3334002.kS950WBlpO@penguin> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1411080914030.61254@wonkity.com>
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On 08/11/2014 16:16, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 8 Nov 2014, Coert wrote: > >>> On a slightly different subject, are you using GPT partition labels? If >>> not, it might be worth reading Warren Block's excellent article about >>> them here >>> >>> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/labels.html >> >> Thank you! I am implementing the labeling now. > > That article talks about filesystem labels. GPT labels are created with > gpart(8). GPT labels do not take any extra space for metadata and do > not require a filesystem, so they are more versatile. I don't have an > article on them specifically, but the usage is shown here: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html Slaps forehead. I answered the OP quickly and didn't check. Thanks for catching that Warren.
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