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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:15:41 -0400
From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
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Subject: Re: Using GTP and glabel for ZFS arrays
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On 7/21/2010 11:05 PM, Dan Langille wrote (something close to this):

> First, create a new GUID Partition Table partition scheme on the HDD:
>
> gpart create -s GPT ad0
>
>
> Let's see how much space we have. This output will be used to determine
> SOMEVALUE in the next command.
>
> gpart show
>
>
> Create a new partition within that scheme:
>
> gpart add -b 34 -s SOMEVALUE -t freebsd-zfs ad0
>
>
> Now, label the thing:
>
> glabel label -v disk00 /dev/ad0

Or, is this more appropriate?

   glabel label -v disk00 /dev/ad0s1

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/