From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 26 10:10:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A024106566C for ; Thu, 26 May 2011 10:10:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17DC88FC15 for ; Thu, 26 May 2011 10:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4QAA8vv055368 for ; Thu, 26 May 2011 10:10:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p4QAA8TB055367; Thu, 26 May 2011 10:10:08 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 10:10:08 GMT Message-Id: <201105261010.p4QAA8TB055367@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Niclas Zeising Cc: Subject: Re: docs/157091: [handbook] FreeBSD Handbook needs to be updated to reflect gpart rather than obsolete gpt X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Niclas Zeising List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 10:10:09 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/157091; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Niclas Zeising To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, rsimmons0@gmail.com Cc: Subject: Re: docs/157091: [handbook] FreeBSD Handbook needs to be updated to reflect gpart rather than obsolete gpt Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 12:00:31 +0200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070207050607090205050303 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi! Here is a patch that does just that. Regards! -- Niclas --------------070207050607090205050303 Content-Type: text/plain; name="disks.chapter.sgml.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="disks.chapter.sgml.diff" Index: chapter.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.307 diff -u -d -r1.307 chapter.sgml --- chapter.sgml 21 Mar 2011 14:04:13 -0000 1.307 +++ chapter.sgml 26 May 2011 09:24:09 -0000 @@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ 2^32-1 and a length of no more than 2^32-1, limiting partitions to 2TB and disks to 4TB in most cases. The &man.sunlabel.8; format is limited to 2^32-1 sectors per partition and 8 partitions for - a total of 16TB. For larger disks, &man.gpt.8; partitions may be - used. + a total of 16TB. For larger disks, &man.gpart.8; may be used to create + GPT partitions. GPT has the added + benefit of not being limited to 4 slices. Using &man.sysinstall.8; --------------070207050607090205050303--