From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 22 15:29:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFFE1065670 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:29:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2E908FC16 for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:29:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-154-198-93.ard.bellsouth.net [72.154.198.93]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n9MFTMfF089287 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:29:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Thomas Backman In-Reply-To: <77FC25AE-E098-48E3-8F64-776B4BDAF3EF@exscape.org> References: <4ADE995A.8080009@ish.com.au> <1256174188.2309.22.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4ADFCFF3.1030201@ish.com.au> <790a9fff0910220001m3d7df03j127b51d7d0696271@mail.gmail.com> <4AE01342.4000303@ish.com.au> <77FC25AE-E098-48E3-8F64-776B4BDAF3EF@exscape.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:29:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1256225357.2309.64.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: Scot Hetzel , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Aristedes Maniatis Subject: Re: gpart, bsdlabel and fdisk X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:29:27 -0000 On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 10:15 +0200, Thomas Backman wrote: > > * you don't have the instruction to perform "echo 'a 1' | fdisk -f > > - /dev/ad4" which Robert recommends > Shouldn't be needed if you use gpart. (Note: I haven't actually read > the guides, but fdisk and gpart are both partitioning software, and > I > don't see why you'd need *both*. I've made several installs without > ever touching fdisk, all ZFS only.) This step is only needed if you BIOS requires it. Many/Most do not. It is set automatically when you install bootcode to a GPT partitioned disk on -CURRENT now. robert. -- Robert Noland FreeBSD