From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 17:58:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C73E1065673 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:58:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trevor.hearn@Vanderbilt.Edu) Received: from mailgate.vanderbilt.edu (mailgate.vanderbilt.edu [129.59.4.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F01788FC1E for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:58:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from its-hcwnem22.ds.vanderbilt.edu ([10.1.137.30]) by mailgate06 (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o2UHtAXf013995 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:58:28 -0500 Received: from its-hcwnem04.ds.Vanderbilt.edu ([10.2.171.184]) by ITS-SCWNEM24.ds.Vanderbilt.edu ([::1]) with mapi; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:55:34 -0500 From: "Hearn, Trevor" To: "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:55:33 -0500 Thread-Topic: Questions about GPT and it's replacement... Thread-Index: AcrQMjFyb8UwnTwlEd+ZgwAbY6lRSw== Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2010-03-30_16:2010-02-06, 2010-03-30, 2010-03-30 signatures=0 X-PPS: No, score=0 Subject: Questions about GPT and it's replacement... X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:58:53 -0000 Heya Everyone,=20 I have a FreeBSD 6.4 system with a Promise array attached to it via a Qlogi= c Fibre Channel card. I have been unable to get 7.2 to get past the FW:Get mailbox error, so I installed FREEBSD 8.0 on it, and have been playing around. I am used to GPT, and have set up all of the partitions in the past using it. I see that someone did GPTE, but I can't seem to get it to see th= e devices and partitions in the same way that it did before. Since GPTE seems experimental, and self-proclaimed as 'hackerish' what should I use to cut u= p a 25.5tb array? GPART? I am at a loss at the moment. I thought that GPTE wa= s doing what I needed, but when I try and mount the partitions, I get no success. What am I missing? -Trevor