Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:44:13 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: marcel@FreeBSD.org Cc: rsimmons0@gmail.com, freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/157721: gpart(8) unable to create GPT partitions inside of providers created by geli Message-ID: <20110610054413.GD2433@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <201106100405.p5A45n4e050124@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201106100405.p5A45n4e050124@freefall.freebsd.org>
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--tEFtbjk+mNEviIIX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 04:05:49AM +0000, marcel@FreeBSD.org wrote: > Synopsis: gpart(8) unable to create GPT partitions inside of providers cr= eated by geli >=20 > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > State-Changed-By: marcel > State-Changed-When: Fri Jun 10 04:04:50 UTC 2011 > State-Changed-Why:=20 > GPT does not nest. You cannot create a GPT table within a partition. Such indirect nesting should work. Doing 'gpart init -s GPT ada0p1' may not work, but ada0p1.eli is not GPART provider. Maybe it such cases it should be allowed? BTW. Why GPT does not nest? --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://yomoli.com --tEFtbjk+mNEviIIX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk3xrywACgkQForvXbEpPzTZWACg1DPiK5RalxLCG6D1o7d8opA5 G6YAoIY3FvoY99RM/cJf9itB3ErKF9jD =VR38 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tEFtbjk+mNEviIIX--
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