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From: Hugo Mills <hugo@carfax.org.uk>
To: helmut@hullen.de
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LABEL only 1 device
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:11:55 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120227101154.GE18898@carfax.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C3f2Sw5i1uB@helmut.hullen.de>

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 07:44:00AM +0100, Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo, Hugo,
> 
> Du meintest am 26.02.12:
> 
> >    mkfs.btrfs creates a new filesystem. The -L option sets the label
> > for the newly-created FS. It *cannot* be used to change the label of
> > an existing FS.
> 
> The safest way may be deleting this option ... it seems to work as  
> expected only when I create a new FS on 1 disk/partition.

   I've said this several times: Your expectations are wrong. You
don't label partitions. You label filesystems. You are using the wrong
tool (filesystems labels) for the job (uniquely identifying
partitions).

> > If you want to do that, use "btrfs filesystem label".
> 
> And that seems to work as I expected - fine.
> 
> Adding a device works, deleting a device works. Fine!
> Now I'll try the job with my Terabyte disks.
> 
> (Yes - I have backups ...)
> 
> Viele Gruesse!
> Helmut

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-27 10:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-26 15:23 LABEL only 1 device Helmut Hullen
2012-02-26 15:30 ` Hugo Mills
2012-02-26 16:12   ` Helmut Hullen
2012-02-26 16:44     ` Hugo Mills
2012-02-26 16:57       ` Helmut Hullen
2012-02-26 17:14         ` Hugo Mills
2012-02-26 18:11           ` Helmut Hullen
2012-02-27  6:44           ` Helmut Hullen
2012-02-27 10:11             ` Hugo Mills [this message]
2012-02-27 10:27               ` Helmut Hullen
2012-02-27 16:48                 ` Duncan
2012-02-27 21:15                   ` Helmut Hullen
2012-02-27 21:23                     ` Hugo Mills
2012-02-27 21:33                     ` Felix Blanke
2012-02-27 21:45                     ` Hugo Mills
2012-02-27 21:59                       ` Helmut Hullen
2012-02-26 18:07       ` Duncan
2012-02-28 22:35         ` Karel Zak
2012-03-01  0:54           ` Duncan
2012-02-27 12:06       ` David Sterba
2012-02-27 12:24         ` Helmut Hullen

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