Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:46:16 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slices, partitions, fdisk and bsdlabel on ia64 Message-ID: <20090702084616.GB66827@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <A326BB8B-AA2D-466E-9996-D40E2CED14F5@mac.com> References: <20090701093150.GA62036@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <A326BB8B-AA2D-466E-9996-D40E2CED14F5@mac.com>
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On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 09:43:15PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > 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. Marcel, thank you, much clearer. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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