What does disk label mean?
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What does the concept of disk label mean?
Does it mean the same as partition table type (MBR, GPT, loop, etc)? (as I suspected from the following output of parted)
Or does it mean a name given to a disk?
Thanks.
$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot, esp
2 538MB 500GB 500GB lvm
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-swap: 4295MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 4295MB 4295MB linux-swap(v1)
Error: /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-home: unrecognised disk label
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-home: 444GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-root: 51.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 51.5GB 51.5GB ext4
partition disk
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What does the concept of disk label mean?
Does it mean the same as partition table type (MBR, GPT, loop, etc)? (as I suspected from the following output of parted)
Or does it mean a name given to a disk?
Thanks.
$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot, esp
2 538MB 500GB 500GB lvm
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-swap: 4295MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 4295MB 4295MB linux-swap(v1)
Error: /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-home: unrecognised disk label
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-home: 444GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-root: 51.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 51.5GB 51.5GB ext4
partition disk
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What does the concept of disk label mean?
Does it mean the same as partition table type (MBR, GPT, loop, etc)? (as I suspected from the following output of parted)
Or does it mean a name given to a disk?
Thanks.
$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot, esp
2 538MB 500GB 500GB lvm
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-swap: 4295MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 4295MB 4295MB linux-swap(v1)
Error: /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-home: unrecognised disk label
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-home: 444GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-root: 51.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 51.5GB 51.5GB ext4
partition disk
asked 10 mins ago
TimTim
27.3k78264473
What does the concept of disk label mean?
Does it mean the same as partition table type (MBR, GPT, loop, etc)? (as I suspected from the following output of parted)
Or does it mean a name given to a disk?
Thanks.
$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA TOSHIBA MQ01ABF0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot, esp
2 538MB 500GB 500GB lvm
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-swap: 4295MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 4295MB 4295MB linux-swap(v1)
Error: /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-home: unrecognised disk label
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-home: 444GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: unknown
Disk Flags:
Model: Linux device-mapper (linear) (dm)
Disk /dev/mapper/lubuntu--vg-root: 51.5GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 51.5GB 51.5GB ext4
partition disk
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