From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 22 14:45:34 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80DA3689 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:45:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x232.google.com (mail-ob0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5336B162 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:45:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f178.google.com with SMTP id wd20so4051376obb.37 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:45:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=MUKgu28sUbtHtDjYYh4ce3taH/qMbsnx+HXRWQoDJxs=; b=d1bIhSaW/wsLSZF3DvItcXkwb5Mgu8TdWqiU25fT+F1tPV7WXIa9igxXVVg/lecLJe foX8ckSVwljDI3Od9h6RSLq0sYNO5g7+wU+gXlBy+T8Q6h85rBWRPlGwK2cBK0l7QMRd IaSEoqfMh9X6R0oNrv4bUHLrd5UEKHjn4L/Dv+YY8UdUjS4lXSOcdMIpK5hQ2btwJwnG +Oz/5JW0XmZAcGgg77f8Mq260W9I3PenBaTxtFsd05GIqTZMl0xb1mSNO4OjNPIFEGxG mYoyfKY1mkznAh/Pv7iHJQzsksegJBoMZ85oybkWyR/8gKcvv/nzj5QRI+MPI/+zBPfi z/UA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.21.104 with SMTP id u8mr1969715oee.99.1363963533800; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:45:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.20.34 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:45:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130322143338.36D368634@mist.localdomain> References: <20130322143338.36D368634@mist.localdomain> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:45:33 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Is fdisk broken? From: Michael Sierchio To: mla_strick@att.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk2US52nwsBq7fcAZoiC+wImnn28QKpubiwZe7H3KeGjCbJz2GrWvsGdcYSIxXulqsj9feH Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:45:34 -0000 On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 7:33 AM, wrote: > Can fdisk be made happy again? (At least for a few more years?) The short answer is: no. Fdisk comes from a world where even 1G drives were not yet on the horizon. Use gpart. The long answer is readily available in the forums - google is your friend. - M