Hi, On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 9:17 PM, Warren Block <wbl...@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Garrett Cooper <yaneg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Doug Barton <do...@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> glabel create <label> /dev/<blah> >> >> Just tested that with a kernel from HEAD and a 8.x userland. This does >> not seem to survive a reboot. > > No, "create" makes a temporary label. "label" writes a label to the last > block of the device. > ... which does not seem be doable when the fs is mounted:
[in single-user, with only / mounted r/w and /dev] # geom label label root /dev/ad0s1a geom: Can't store metadata on /dev/ad0s1a: Operation not permitted. Unfortunately, I do not have physical access to the machine. I guess that transition will be a royal PITA for a lot of people. Btw, you mentioned "device", I guess you meant "file-system", didn't you ? - Arnaud _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
