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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:02:25 +0000
From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:51:13 +0000
Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote:

> There's a guide to installing FreeBSD on zfs at
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot . Note that even if you
> have a 'legacy' BIOS you can still use GPT - if you use the MBR scheme
> you'll be limited to a maximum partition of 2TB.

To answer the question - you use gpart to partition the drive and zpool
to format it. e.g. for a single disk with no zraid:

gpart create -s gpt devicenode
gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l label devicenode

zpool create poolname /dev/gpt/label

-- 
Bruce Cran