From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Feb 15 14:31:03 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EBF323CEC8 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:31:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm1-x330.google.com (mail-wm1-x330.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::330]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48KXjf29f9z4K08 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:31:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm1-x330.google.com with SMTP id a5so12926128wmb.0 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 06:31:02 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=QNynAxPC2IDT1CO+E28DEH6GIYFzZ+stJxKbH+DGhog=; b=GOjYijU6nhuUrtFKWiQc5iXq2e5EsacyZJ3KvfqlIlMhtKuLtZsvvwPloxM/gE+ypy 14cs9WXoyEMShkC83SK9FFVdg2YL6+OL6Y/mhGnzpOd3v3jrxA/y2olNe1f+eGdblMRL CgGbzUKNBpCxSjhdCHm1z1Bxi5lLRwrCOtsXu1uecRCs+7Fl5y+bt1ox0PqWMN/BWj05 X7R1d5yvOuqCgY6/CUnouC31YiIy5A36nzZAokidjb9zAJfv57AX4O+fFyGtW2NQOSwb kxFOZ6bQazMZ6GZOJJqiQxOHz9s3CeDzcqjIvqqfAulH8604KE7ad7ghGlGh4TC7B9t1 IbrA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAX46LqOIf86P3gTZ4B2V0FlbS66TCTZjA45Q++PC3i1FZEJiXbE whURN0cL1T4FKX+KU76Ew2uBDPQd X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzgq2VODrLNi1URGOdZfsVNHAH/eadd24Rfxs8xF8C1nZs8yqExM7i83ybIEGV6tGb5WwicoQ== X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c190:: with SMTP id y16mr11331777wmi.107.1581777060211; Sat, 15 Feb 2020 06:31:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com ([2.221.19.106]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r5sm11492694wrt.43.2020.02.15.06.30.59 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 15 Feb 2020 06:30:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:30:57 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: some questions about disk partitioning and filesystems and booting Message-ID: <20200215143057.15c1198a@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <091dd3af-7b99-267f-7d04-541b6d651926@holgerdanske.com> References: <20200213150229.GC14144@bastion.zyxst.net> <091dd3af-7b99-267f-7d04-541b6d651926@holgerdanske.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.4 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48KXjf29f9z4K08 X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[googlemail.com]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[googlemail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[googlemail.com,quarantine]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[106.19.221.2.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.10]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[googlemail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[googlemail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[googlemail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (-9.12), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-2.42), asn: 15169(-1.68), country: US(-0.05)]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[0.3.3.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:31:03 -0000 On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:08:27 -0800 David Christensen wrote: > The most obvious downside is that MBR does not support labels. So, > the FreeBSD boot system uses device node names. This means I have to > ensure that the system drive is always ada0 You can use glabel to label the drive, or label the individual partitions.