Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:22:37 +0400 From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> To: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz_lst@tdx.co.uk>, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI created on a GPT labelled partition doesn't work 2nd time around... Message-ID: <542ABCAD.8000008@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <20140930135445.GB43300@funkthat.com> References: <FB80B30D52FBD7A0500EF984@study64.tdx.co.uk> <20140928130547.GD1620@garage.freebsd.pl> <5A6D15305F99246DAE25673C@Mail-PC.tdx.co.uk> <20140930135445.GB43300@funkthat.com>
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On 30.09.2014 17:54, John-Mark Gurney wrote: >> If I repeat the above steps without the initial GPT partition (i.e. against >> /dev/da0) - I end up with '/dev/da0.eli' - which I can then GPT fine etc. > > gpt doesn't let you do gpt in gpt.. which explains why you can't > create the second level of gpt... > > Why do you want/need to partition again? You could possibly use bsd > as the second layer... I think bsd in gpt may have problem with booting. -- WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov
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