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Date:      Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:44:27 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>
To:        Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
Cc:        Tai-hwa Liang <avatar@mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removal of GEOM_BSD, GEOM_MBR, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_SUNLABEL
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On Apr 1, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote:

>>> That sounds like a bug, because logical partitions are
>>> supported. Can you enable GEOM_PART_BSD, GEOM_PART_EBR
>>> and GEOM_PART_MBR and tell me which GEOMs are available
>>> at the mount root prompt?
>>
>> Wait -- you're saying with the new change I'd have to shuffle around
>> my data, redo my 3.5 TB RAID6 array, then shuffle it all back, etc?

No!

hint: GEOM_MBR is not GEOM_PART_MBR.

>>
> Or to sum it up a bit better:
> 1. What's getting removed and why?

GEOM_BSD, GEOM_MBR, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_SUNLABEL
They're so yesterday.

> 2. What's it being replaced with?

GEOM_PART_BSD, GEOM_PART_MBR, GEOM_PART_PC98 and
GEOM_PART_VTOC8

> 3. How do I migrate from the old system to the new one?

No migration is needed. You already use the new
kernel options. All I'm doing is remove the old
not-to-be-used options.

FYI,

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
xcllnt@mac.com






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