On Tue, Jan 06, 2015 at 07:55:38AM -0800, Chris H wrote:> On Mon, 5 Jan 2015 16:50:29 -0600 Bob Willcox <bob at immure.com>
wrote
>
> > On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 06:37:18PM -0700, Warren Block wrote:
> > > On Sat, 3 Jan 2015, Michael Butler wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 01/03/15 19:35, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [ .. snip .. ]
> > > >
> > > >> As per an earlier suggestion, did you put:
> > > >> kern.geom.label.gpt.enable=0
> > > >> into /boot/loader.conf? If so, that's why you lack a
/dev/gpt label.
> > > >> This is usually a "friendlier" string than the
diskid, but both work
> > > >> equally well.
> > > >
> > > > bsdinstall does that on its own - you have to manually
> > > > remove/comment/set to "1" after installation :-(
> > >
> > > gpt, or gptid? The first would be a terrible regression, the
second,
> > > not so much.
> >
> > The more I read of this thread the more confused I get. What should I
have in
> > /boot/loader.conf to get the old behavior with more traditional device
names?
> >
> > Also, if bsdinstall doesn't do this for me automatically, why did
it put
> > /dev/ada0p2 in the fstab for swap?
> I imagine this has probably been addressed/responded to, but...
> For the sake of confusion;
> MBR - so-called "legacy" is probably the version you are most
> accustomed to seeing:
> /dev/adaNpN
>
> GPT gpart(8)/glabal(8) is the newer alternative. It creates more
> *human readable* names, eg;
> /gpt/my-bright-shiny-root
> /gpt/my-new-usr
> /gpt/my-yadda-yadda-yadda
>
> GPTID is yet another alternative. You used it to get your
> swap mounted.
>
> I suggested using a GPT setup because;
> - Your disk indicated it had a label
> - The names are easier to read/identify
>
> Adding
>
> kern.geom.label.gpt.enable=1
>
> to loader.conf(5) will give you that (/boot/loader.conf)
>
> In the end, it's all a matter of personal preference. Use what you
> think works best for you, you're most comfortable with. *Do* read
> the appropriate man pages, to insure you'll be using one that
> will *continue* to work with you.
I'm ok with all of this. I don't mind the change in names. What I
didn't like
was that in the install of 10.1-release, bsdinstall put what turned out to be
the wrong name in the fstab for my swap partition. It put in /dev/ada0p2, which
doesn't exist on the system. I have a /dev/ada0 but no /dev/ada0p2.
Replacing the /dev/ada0p2 with /dev/diskid/DISK-S21NNSAFC51114Fp2 in fstab as
suggested by Eric early on fixed my problem, but it doesn't fix the apparent
problem with bsdinstall.
>
> --Chris
> >
> > Bob
> >
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