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22.07.2010 06:05, Dan Langille wrote:
> Create a new partition within that scheme:
>
> gpart add -b 34 -s SOMEVALUE -t freebsd-zfs ad0
>
> Why '-b 34'? Randi pointed me to
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table where it explains what
> the first 33 LBA are used for. It's not for us to use here.

gpart is not so dumb to not protect this space. If you don't specify -b 
when creating first partition it automagically defaults to 34.

-- 
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