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	Marius =?utf-8?Q?N=C3=BCnnerich?= <marius@nuenneri.ch>,
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Subject: Re: glabel "force sectorsize" patch
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Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > Marius N=C3=BCnnerich <marius@nuenneri.ch> writes:
> > > I did not think of a new GEOM class that looks like glabel but one
> > > that has no metadata stored on disk . It is then activated and
> > > controlled by loader.conf variables. (Maybe like gnop? If I
> > > remember correctly, I did not take a look at that class for ages).
> > As you would know if you had followed the discussion about WD EARS
> > disks, gnop does what you want and is currently the recommended
> > solution.
> Of course, but gnop as a testing GEOM class, does not save its
> metadata, meaning it has to be reconfigured after reboot, etc.

Please read what Marius wrote, which I quoted above.

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