From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 4 23:31:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 527BC1065676 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 23:31:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsimmons0@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yi0-f54.google.com (mail-yi0-f54.google.com [209.85.218.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11BC38FC21 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 23:31:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yie12 with SMTP id 12so1758369yie.13 for ; Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:31:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=P5YoHcX9GJbkLxkOEo7dM5dwkY63mwITcksW3SISAvM=; b=gMbJKX8QBbZMR5xL2jbEfsX3dd2uk97t+xH1W+mUwyJdwFVGEevQ2zxW/t+KS3WOBv WsTBV2/kBe8121jgk4IIeAVkzGNWcsgrmJCj01q2sFvfqwvk6YaJWV8JB+rIt2vbYQkn mc6LwW29jpY/NongszAmgdDkmCrLI7/Uk729k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JhPz/NiJT94QGlgwvOzf12Edc77+ui20YeYaJgc7BXErj9AAUeHYVy6ElztAlJAPl6 QB9Cq7IH7srn30cIm2LQrylI3RQ2PnDOnCRaWnK/Fnoou7sVkpdSEz5KtEhxnjYUFXZt xHfsnniMbt7lHjjbqFxY4TlYyRPRFJo9TBhic= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.101.28.33 with SMTP id f33mr2462092anj.36.1307228951829; Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:09:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.227.17 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:09:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 19:09:11 -0400 Message-ID: From: Robert Simmons To: "questions@FreeBSD.org Questions" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 23:31:25 -0000 On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Erik N=F8rgaard wro= te: > I just realized how many years ago I haven't been partitioning any disks = .. > this system is so stable :) So, now I see I have gpart as alternative to > fdisk/bsdlabel. gpart(8) from my experience is far superior to all the older tools. > > I have a 320GB disk which will be dedicated to FBSD, is there any advanta= ge > - or any problems (problems as in I've never tried that before) - using > gpart instead of the "old" scheme? It is clean and clear as to what you are doing, and it supports GPT scheme partitions. > > Do I need kernel modules not in the generic kernel or create extra boot > partition? If you use it to make GPT partitions, you will need a freebsd-boot partition with the proper bootcode for what you want to do. If you search this mailing list's archive, I've posted basic instructions for gpart/GPT partitioning recently, perhaps there needs to be a section added to Handbook 18.3.2 describing the basics. Unfortunately, the only mention in the handbook is a link to the man page in section 18.3.