Re: filesystem labels?

In reply to: Dan Mahoney (Ports): "filesystem labels?"
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From: Andrea Venturoli <ml_at_netfence.it>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:13:46 UTC

On 4/12/23 17:58, Dan Mahoney (Ports) wrote:
> Hey all,

Hello.

Can't answer the rest, but...

> Or should I just keep on using /dev/daX in fstab?

There's nothing wrong with using /dev/daX.
You can however use labals when they give you some advantage.

E.g.
I label backup disks, so I know when a "backup" disk is plugged in (vs a 
generic one) and possibly run the backup automatically.

If the disk is UFS, I use UFS labels for that (newfs -L ...), as I often 
don't even have a partition table.
If it's ZFS I use GPT labels.

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	av.