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Date:      Fri, 7 Oct 2011 22:23:14 +0200
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: Project geom-events
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2011/10/7 Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg>:

> Then, "by standard" GPT cannot coexist with GLABEL. Such setup should be
> disallowed, or at least big nasty message that you have just shoot yourself
> in the leg should be output. (period)

GPT cannot coexist with ANY GEOM CLASS which writes metadata to the last sector.

If you think this should be explicitely handled, please file a PR
which requests the modification of gpart so that it detects that a GPT
is being created in anything other than a raw drive, and warns the
user.



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