Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:39:36 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GPT as default? Message-ID: <863b2u18hz.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <619464E1-1CB4-4CFC-9ECF-7FC90DC24A20@mac.com> (Marcel Moolenaar's message of "Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:35:28 -0700") References: <f0am4t$mmk$1@sea.gmane.org> <86wt076k7u.fsf@dwp.des.no> <619464E1-1CB4-4CFC-9ECF-7FC90DC24A20@mac.com>
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Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> writes: > On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > Currently, it is not even possible to list the GPT, let alone create > > new partitions, if one of the partitions is open. GPT can not be the > > default partitioning scheme until this is addressed. > You can list with the -r option. You cannot create unless you allow > foot-shooting in GEOM (i.e. set kern.geom.debugflags=3D16). The latter > a known side-effect of GEOM and has nothing to do with GPT itself. No, it is a known side effect of geom_gpt's poor design. Compare with geom_bsd, for instance. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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