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Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

From gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive
Date 2024-02-16 07:40 +0100
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On 2/15/24 16:20, David Wright wrote:
> On Thu 15 Feb 2024 at 20:44:52 (+0000), Andy Smith wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 03:19:54PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:
>>> On 2/15/24 11:21, Andy Smith wrote:
>>>> You asked if "labels" would survive their associated partition being
>>>> put into LVM.
>>>>
>>>> I said, "yes if you mean partition names, no if you mean filesystem
>>>> labels".
>>>>
>>> I'm still confused and it is not all the well clarified by looking at
>>> gparted, a shot of which I posted.
>>
>> This could all be answered easily if you'd just post the copy-paste
>> of your terminal scrollback for what you actually did. Hopefully you
>> don't now object to me asking what you meant since apparently even
>> you do not know if you mean partition names or filesystem labels.
>> >From what you posted it now sounds like labels on the ext4
>> filesystems that you created.
> 
> Gene effectively shoots himself in the foot by using gparted (GUI)
> instead of, say, gdisk where it's easy to paste what was done, or
> for someone, say me, to post an example:
> 
>    # gdisk /dev/sdz
>    GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.3
> 
>    Partition table scan:
>      MBR: not present
>      BSD: not present
>      APM: not present
>      GPT: not present
> 
>    Creating new GPT entries.
> 
>    Command (? for help): o
>    This option deletes all partitions and creates a new protective MBR.
>    Proceed? (Y/N): y
> 
>    Command (? for help): p
>    Disk /dev/sdb: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB
>    Model: Desktop
>    Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes
>    Disk identifier (GUID): A1093790-9A1A-4A7E-A807-B9CC6F7CF77E
>    Partition table holds up to 128 entries
>    Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
>    First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134
>    Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
>    Total free space is 3907029101 sectors (1.8 TiB)
> 
>    Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
> 
>    Command (? for help): n
>    Partition number (1-128, default 1):
>    First sector (34-3907029134, default = 2048) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
>    Last sector (2048-3907029134, default = 3907029134) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
>    Current type is 'Linux filesystem'
>    Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300):
>    Changed type of partition to 'Linux filesystem'
> 
>    Command (? for help): c
>    Using 1
>    Enter name: Lulu01
> 
>    Command (? for help): i
>    Using 1
>    Partition GUID code: 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4 (Linux filesystem)
>    Partition unique GUID: 37CF9EDF-C695-428E-9889-2F52C40DFCA5
>    First sector: 2048 (at 1024.0 KiB)
>    Last sector: 3907029134 (at 1.8 TiB)
>    Partition size: 3907027087 sectors (1.8 TiB)
>    Attribute flags: 0000000000000000
>    Partition name: 'Lulu01'
> 
>    Command (? for help): w
> 
>    Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
>    PARTITIONS!!
> 
>    Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): y
>    OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sdb.
>    The operation has completed successfully.
>    #
> 
>    # gdisk -l /dev/sdz
>    GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.3
> 
>    Partition table scan:
>      MBR: protective
>      BSD: not present
>      APM: not present
>      GPT: present
> 
>    Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
>    Disk /dev/sdb: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB
>    Model: Desktop
>    Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes
>    Disk identifier (GUID): A1093790-9A1A-4A7E-A807-B9CC6F7CF77E
>    Partition table holds up to 128 entries
>    Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
>    First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134
>    Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
>    Total free space is 2014 sectors (1007.0 KiB)
> 
>    Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
>       1            2048      3907029134   1.8 TiB     8300  Lulu01
>    #
> 
> Cheers,
> David.
> 
> .
And this "partition" name survives?, and can be unique?, and can be used 
in a mount cmd?  That's how I'll do it then.  This if all 3 questions 
above can be answered with a yes is the answer I've been trying to 
squeeze out all along.  Thank you.

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
  - Louis D. Brandeis

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f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-14 23:10 +0100
  Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-15 01:50 +0100
    Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-15 03:10 +0100
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      Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-15 04:10 +0100
    Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-15 04:00 +0100
      Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-15 17:20 +0100
        Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-15 17:30 +0100
        Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-15 21:30 +0100
          Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-15 21:50 +0100
            Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-15 22:30 +0100
              Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-16 07:40 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-16 15:50 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-17 03:20 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-17 06:50 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-02-17 07:40 +0100
                Of irrelevant chatter and meta-chatter [was: f3tools vs Silicon  Power 4T drive] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-17 09:50 +0100
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                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-18 02:30 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-16 21:10 +0100
            Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-15 22:50 +0100
            Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-16 02:50 +0100
              Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-02-16 13:50 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-16 16:40 +0100
              Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-16 16:00 +0100
              Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-16 21:20 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-02-16 21:50 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-16 22:10 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-16 22:20 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-02-17 21:20 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-17 03:30 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-17 06:40 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-17 06:40 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-18 02:10 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-18 07:50 +0100
          Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-16 21:00 +0100
    Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-15 17:10 +0100
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        Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-15 20:50 +0100
          Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-15 22:10 +0100
            Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-15 22:30 +0100
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                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-16 15:40 +0100
                Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-16 21:30 +0100
            Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-02-15 23:40 +0100
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