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From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@FreeBSD.org>
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To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>, 
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r267359 - in head: sbin/geom/class/part sys/geom/part
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On 11.06.2014 19:09, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>>    Add disklabel64 support to GEOM_PART class.
>>       This partitioning scheme is used in DragonFlyBSD. It is similar to
>>    BSD disklabel, but has the following improvements:
>>    * metadata has own dedicated place and isn't accessible through
>> partitions;
>>    * all offsets are 64-bit;
>>    * supports 16 partitions by default (has reserved place for more);
>>    * has reserved place for backup label (but not yet implemented);
>>    * has UUIDs for partitions and partition types;
>>   
> 
> Is this something worth adding to the installer/sade partition types
> menu? On the one hand, we support it. On the other hand, it's not
> bootable on any architecture. So I can't make up my mind.

Hi,

I think it isn't intended for the installer, until we haven't any bootcode.

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WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov