Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:15:02 -0400 From: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> To: n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using /sbin/gpart to add GPT volume Message-ID: <CAHHBGkrPbNe%2BnJsR_AUBVTzfByP3tp4vrsGFTq9g4R5XigEY7g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEFCw4smoYgvrjGxPuLSkYmivTgVR2ZNOdUwjGc4jfpLXx-4xg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEFCw4smoYgvrjGxPuLSkYmivTgVR2ZNOdUwjGc4jfpLXx-4xg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10 October 2011 11:33, n dhert <ndhertbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a FreebSD 8.2 machine with 12 1-Tb disks used for making backups. > now I try to create > # gpart create -s GPT ad0s4 > gpart: provider: Device not configured (NB I do not have a multi-boot system with an MBR scheme on it, so I'm not clear on the pre- cise details) You want some variation of # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs ad0[s4] "create" is for the disk-wise scheme "add" is for the individual slices/partitions Again, I haven't played with gpart on an MBR disk, so be careful. Aso, if you're muddling with the boot disk, you may have to work in single-user mode. -- --
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