From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 27 16:19:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6038310656AB for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:19:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: from keltia.freenix.fr (keltia.freenix.org [IPv6:2001:660:330f:f820:213:72ff:fe15:f44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C8A8FC1D for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:19:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix/TLS) with ESMTP id 795803B9C8 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:19:05 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at keltia.freenix.fr Received: from keltia.freenix.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (keltia.freenix.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8-yvExGy8dCK for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:19:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr (aran.keltia.net [88.191.250.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: roberto) by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix/TLS) with ESMTPSA id 00DFB3B9BC for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:19:04 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:18:28 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091027161828.GA3939@roberto-al.eurocontrol.fr> References: <4ADE995A.8080009@ish.com.au> <1256174188.2309.22.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4ADFCFF3.1030201@ish.com.au> <790a9fff0910220001m3d7df03j127b51d7d0696271@mail.gmail.com> <4AE01342.4000303@ish.com.au> <790a9fff0910221049n130c5b00x66071a5a718eb6ab@mail.gmail.com> <8AC915BF-E826-4D90-8DD3-00E7FF7F4295@exscape.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8AC915BF-E826-4D90-8DD3-00E7FF7F4295@exscape.org> X-Operating-System: MacOS X / Macbook Pro - FreeBSD 7.2 / Dell D820 SMP User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: gpart, bsdlabel and fdisk X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:19:07 -0000 According to Thomas Backman: > Actually, there's a typo in the guide. When you specify 1G, that > means 1 GiB, not "1 gigasectors". > "gpart add -b 162 -s 1G -t freebsd-swap da0..da1 512 MB swap" > ^ should read 1G(i)B swap. "1G" = 1 GiB = 1024*1024*1024 bytes. Yes, it is a typo in the comment part. I think I did correct it though a few days ago. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you find any typo or error. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr In memoriam to Ondine : http://ondine.keltia.net/