Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 08:40:18 +0100 From: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: No GPT on an usb key Message-ID: <AANLkTin2zaTYHF_hQbfWWj=5kraXCtwUVDUBsfVgY5FG@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <15762619@bb.ipt.ru> References: <AANLkTinXvDmU-z=Krr3SFc%2BqhzDOgJrfnoCHgGAu2%2Bd2@mail.gmail.com> <15762619@bb.ipt.ru>
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2010/11/8 Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>: > Hi, > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:52:55 +0200 David DEMELIER wrote: > >> I'm trying to put on my USB mass storage device a GPT scheme >> partitions. But gpart still add them as slices : > >> To be sure to remove the MBR before I dd'ed it > >> $ sudo dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/da0 bs=3D512 count=3D1 >> 1+0 records in >> 1+0 records out >> 512 bytes transferred in 0.003369 secs (151970 bytes/sec) >> $ sudo gpart create -s GPT da0 >> da0 created >> $ gpart show da0 >> =3D> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A034 =C2=A015771653 =C2=A0da0 =C2=A0GPT =C2=A0(7.= 5G) >> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 34 =C2=A015771653 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - fre= e - =C2=A0(7.5G) > >> $ sudo gpart add -b 34 -t freebsd da0 >> da0s1 added > >> Why it is still s1? In my kernel config I have this : > > GPART(8) may be a good start here. Ex.: > ----- > ... > PARTITION TYPES > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 The gpart utility uses symbolic names for common partition = types to avoid > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 that the user needs to know what the partitioning scheme in= question is > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and what the actual number or identification needs to be us= ed for a par- > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ticular type. =C2=A0The gpart utility also allows the user = to specify scheme- > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 specific partition types for partition types that do not ha= ve symbol > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 names. =C2=A0The symbolic names currently understood are: > ... > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 freebsd =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0A FreeBSD partition that= uses the BSD disklabel to sub- > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0divi= de the partition into file systems. =C2=A0This is a legacy > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0part= ition type and should not be used for the APM or GPT > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0sche= mes. =C2=A0The scheme-specific types are "!165" for MBR, > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"!Fr= eeBSD" for APM, and > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"!51= 6e7cb4-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b" for GPT. > ... > ----- > >> device =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0crypto >> options =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 GEOM_ELI >> options =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 GEOM_PART_GPT >> options =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 GEOM_LABEL >> options =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 GEOM_VOL > >> Do I need something that I forgot? > > Seems you forgot to read the manual page carefully. ;-) > > -- > HTH & WBR, bsam > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Yes, a friend tole me there is a problem. But I was sure that a freebsd slive even on GPT will be named da0s1 but he was really sure so I asked here and I forgot to answer. Cheers, :-) --=20 Demelier David
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