Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:31:35 +0200 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GEOM_GPT on i386? Message-ID: <200409100031.35536@harryhomeworkstation> In-Reply-To: <20040909222850.GA29917@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <200409100017.12733@harryhomeworkstation> <20040909222850.GA29917@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Am Freitag, 10. September 2004 00:28 schrieb Brooks Davis: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 12:17:07AM +0200, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > > Dear GEOM coders, > > > > I saw that some time ago GPT was enabled in GENERIC. > > Is it possible to create GPT labels on i386 and if so, how do I do that? > > The GPT man page tells about ia64 (only?) > > The gpt(8) command should work on any architecture it is installed on > (!sparc64). Thank you, but this doesn't neccessarily mean that I can use GPT to boot my i386 5.3 box to get rid of the 8-label Limit, does it? Has anybody succesfully changed to GPT on i386 (by `gpt migrate /dev/ad0`)? Thanks, -Harry > > -- Brooks [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBQNnHBylq0S4AzzwRAoCPAJwOk5b2EK5b8fly1HkqqcCT7OuZbwCfSg/J /5jcVahS3sjmpzUuTcJpcsE= =9TLg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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