BSD disklabel

<p>In <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">BSD</a>-derived <a href="/facts/Computer/SQe1aK05">computer</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_systems/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a> (including <a href="/facts/NetBSD/PTm5HWls">NetBSD</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenBSD/xmPS9tek">OpenBSD</a>, <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a> and <a href="/facts/DragonFly_BSD/U6cvpDJR">DragonFly BSD</a>) and in related operating systems such as <a href="/facts/SunOS/oWMcGLqc">SunOS</a>, a disklabel is a record stored on a <a href="/facts/Data_storage_device/uCvJ6nrq">data storage device</a> such as a <a href="/facts/Hard_disk/kekLSGSE">hard disk</a> that contains information about the location of the <a href="/facts/Partition_(computing)/wrBk5RRS">partitions</a> on the disk. Disklabels were introduced in the <a href="/facts/4.3BSD/VUMqqYzx">4.3BSD</a>-Tahoe release. Disklabels are usually edited using the disklabel utility. In later versions of FreeBSD, this was renamed as bsdlabel, and finally deprecated since 15.0.
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BSD disklabel open-in-new

BSD disklabel