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Subject: Re: gpart weirdness: diskid/DISK-3EV0P4PZ00007250010X  GPT  (17G)
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:56:17 -0500
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On Wed, Oct 9, 2013, at 4:33, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> # gpart show
> =>      34  35566411  da1  GPT  (17G)
>         34  35566411       - free -  (17G)
> 
> =>      34  35566411  diskid/DISK-3EV0P4PZ00007250010X  GPT  (17G)
>         34  35566411                                    - free -  (17G)
> 
> =>      34  35566411  da2  GPT  (17G)
>         34  35566411       - free -  (17G)
> 
> =>      34  35566411  diskid/DISK-3EV0PWCX000072500ZNJ  GPT  (17G)
>         34  35566411                                    - free -  (17G)
> 
> # 
> 

This is normal. Gpart is showing you both the physical dev versions of
the devices and the GPT label versions of the devices. I'll admit it can
be confusing, though.