I also think that labeling disks & partitions should be the default approach on new installations. I wonder why the new bsdinstaller does not adopt this policy yet. It is practical, easy and saves a lot of hassles when it comes to disk replacements. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Ted Faber <faber_at_isi.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 03:35:38PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > > On 04/20/2011 15:18, Scott Long wrote: > > >I agree with what Alexander is saying, but I'd like to take it a step > further. We should all be using [...] mount-by-label > > > > +1 > > > > When I first saw this on linux my gut reaction was "ewwww, > > different." But now that I've worked with it a bit, I really like > > it. Doing this by default in 9.0 would be a really useful step > > forward, and would allow greater innovation down the road. > > > > Is there a handy tutorial somewhere for making this change in > > FreeBSD? Or is it even possible to do in a rational way? > > Judging from the thread that followed this: no. > > I agree with you that there should be and that mount-by-label is the way > to go. > > I seem to recall some flakiness with mounting labelled gmirrors. Anyone > know if that's been resolved? > > -- > Ted Faber > http://www.isi.edu/~faber PGP: > http://www.isi.edu/~faber/pubkeys.asc > Unexpected attachment on this mail? See > http://www.isi.edu/~faber/FAQ.html#SIG > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk2wWMYACgkQaUz3f+Zf+XtI2ACfUz7zukI/G/4d5jEmsOuR73v4 > YMgAoNsRHB255xZpx9IbEmoV+IxKWkTM > =HvFZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- George Kontostanos aisecure.net <http://www.aisecure.net>Received on Thu Apr 21 2011 - 15:30:23 UTC
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