Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:15:34 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem after installkernel going from 9.0 to CURRENT Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sAydSvrUEfCvZ-H7gyfcXxm7G3V56Y3dQXNvm4uo9LnQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301032021080.99758@wonkity.com> References: <50E0BFA0.6070702@rcn.com> <50E476D3.2030609@rcn.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301030937410.35001@wonkity.com> <50E612DA.8020704@rcn.com> <CAN6yY1v_1cAxhn4tZOZ%2BWpS=UoMJA2GFaSpzv7vDvDt%2BTTCqxg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301032021080.99758@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jan 2013, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >>> One possibility: I believe I labeled each of the partitions >>> during >>> the gpt creation process. Can I use those labels to (hopefully) by-pass >>> this issue? >> >> >> Yes! This is the current recommended way of doing it. >>> >>> cat /etc/fstab >> >> # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump >> Pass# >> /dev/gpt/swap none swap sw 0 0 >> /dev/gpt/root / ufs rw 1 1 >> /dev/gpt/tmp /tmp ufs rw 2 2 >> /dev/gpt/usr /usr ufs rw 2 2 >> /dev/gpt/var /var ufs rw 2 2 > > > To avoid collisions, I recommend people use unique labels on each system. I > sometimes pick a couple of letters from the system name or drive: xfswap, > xfrootfs, xftmpfs, xfusrfs, xfvarfs. Good point (as usual). The example was from my laptop where this is not an issue, but in larger environments it is an excellent suggestion. I would put the unique ID at the end of the label as the eye tends to read from left to right (at least in most language so you can recognize whether it is usr or swap or home pretty much instantly. Sticking letters at the start make the most fundamental information harder to see. swaprxf xfswap usrfsxf xfusrfs Still, this is a nit and I appreciate the suggestion!.. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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