Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:48:54 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? Message-ID: <4DEB5106.8010701@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <201106050103.47416.rsimmons0@gmail.com> References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106042039240.34792@wonkity.com> <20110605044021.GA2213@tinyCurrent> <201106050103.47416.rsimmons0@gmail.com>
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On 5/6/11 7:03 AM, Robert Simmons wrote: > On Sunday, June 05, 2011 12:40:22 AM Matthias Apitz wrote: >> # gpart create -s mbr ad4 # Init the disk with an MBR >> # gpart add -t freebsd ad4 # Create a BSD container >> # gpart create -s bsd ad4s1 # Init with a BSD scheme >> # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G ad4s1 # 1GB for / >> # gpart add -t freebsd-swap -s 2G ad4s1 # 2GB for swap >> # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 2G ad4s1 # 2GB for /var >> # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1G ad4s1 # 1GB for /tmp >> # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs ad4s1 # all rest for /usr >> # gpart set -a active -i 1 ad4 > > You need to install the bootcode: > > This will install the interactive one: > gpart bootcode -b /mnt2/boot/boot0 ad4 > > this will install the non-interactive one: > gpart bootcode -b /mnt2/boot/mbr ad4 Thanks Warren, great article, and thanks all for the follow up posts as well. Just one more question, the usual mbr and boot files will boot a gpt partition? I see there are some additional files gptboot and pmbr? Thanks, Erik
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