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Date:      Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:09:34 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>
To:        "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
Cc:        freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gpart on top of eli inside a slice is not working
Message-ID:  <FEA6DFB1-1E0A-4AF3-897C-6E1031BDA9B0@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090325214318.Q67075@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>
References:  <20090325214318.Q67075@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net>

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On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

> Here=B4s a script to reproduce this on head.

First of all: exemplary problem reporting!

> Any ideas?

The probe method of the GPT scheme explicitly disallows nesting.
This is inconsistent with the create method, which happily allows
creating a GPT underneath a MBR.

The bug is in the create method: GPT cannot be created inside a
MBR slice (or any other partioning for that matter). I'll fix
that shortly.

FYI,

--=20
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt@mac.com






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