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>>>> I used gpart for the first time today and a few things came to mind.
>>> You're not alone.  Have a look at
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2008-November/008731.html
>> and how the hell do i use it on a raw install?  it is not on snapshot
>> 200905 disk1 or livecd.
> I've been using gpart on the livecd for a long time. You might want to do a
> chroot to /dist or something first though.

ok, kinda

ad4 ad5 and ad6 are in my dmesg

Fixit# gpart create -s gpt /dev/ad4
gpart: No such file or directory

Fixit# gpart create -s GPT /dev/ad4
gpart: No such file or directory

Fixit# gpart create -s GPT ad4
gpart: No such file or directory

<a million monkeys>

randy