Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:37:55 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GEOM_GPT on i386? Message-ID: <20040909223755.GA3143@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <200409100031.35536@harryhomeworkstation> References: <200409100017.12733@harryhomeworkstation> <20040909222850.GA29917@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <200409100031.35536@harryhomeworkstation>
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--8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 12:31:35AM +0200, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > 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 th= at? > > > The GPT man page tells about ia64 (only?) > > > > The gpt(8) command should work on any architecture it is installed on > > (!sparc64). >=20 > Thank you, but this doesn't neccessarily mean that I can use GPT to boot = my=20 > 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`= )? As far as I know, there is no boot support for GPT yet. That's something I would like to see, but it's not there yet. Which feature(s) of GPT do you need? -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBQNtCXY6L6fI4GtQRAt6WAJ4q4nKdhjawixslaDfI30JcEIRIfQCfct3a VoOoKz1Vf9qDyJXy5jNtRyQ= =bhq9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+--
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