Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:43:15 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slices, partitions, fdisk and bsdlabel on ia64 Message-ID: <A326BB8B-AA2D-466E-9996-D40E2CED14F5@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20090701093150.GA62036@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20090701093150.GA62036@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 2:31 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > Am I correct in thinking this is a "dangerously dedicated" (no > slices) disk, > and partitions are numbered p<number>? You're not correct. Itanium uses GPT and not MBR for partitions. > Does this mean the handbook section 3.5, Disk Organisation, > is incorrect for ia64? Yes, it's incorrect. There's a high bias towards PC in the handbook. Not surprising, but it means that you should not take it literally. > There's no fdisk on ia64, is there? gpart is used for all partition, including MBR. > > I can't find bsdlabel either, on alpha it's under /sbin, but > on ia64 it's nowhere to be found. gpart is used for BSD disklabels as well. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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