MPS

Kevin Oberman rkoberman at gmail.com
Tue Sep 30 05:34:42 UTC 2014


On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Steven Hartland <killing at multiplay.co.uk>
wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Denninger" <karl at denninger.net>
>
>> You can also use gpart add with a -l <label>
>>>
>>>
>> That goes in /dev/gpt though instead of /dev/label :-)
>>
>
> It doesn't have the restrictions that glabel does as far
> as I know, it just works as long as your using GPT scheme.
>
>
>
>    Regards
>    Steve
>

I have to agree with Steve. glabel has limitations that causes me to move
away from it when I moved to head before 10.0. I am trying to remember the
exact issue, but I know that gpart proved to be a much better solution. I'm
not sure why /dev/gpt is any different from /dev/label. (Guess that's why
the smiley.)
--
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired
E-mail: rkoberman at gmail.com


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