From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 1 01:36:43 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7125FA for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 01:36:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from smtp174.dfw.emailsrvr.com (smtp174.dfw.emailsrvr.com [67.192.241.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF60B4E for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 01:36:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp17.relay.dfw1a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 44C4D188959 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:28:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: OK Received: from smtp156.ord.emailsrvr.com (smtp156.ord.emailsrvr.com [173.203.6.156]) by smtp17.relay.dfw1a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTPS id 2608C18893E for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:28:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp28.relay.ord1a.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id DC077160097 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:28:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: OK Received: by smtp28.relay.ord1a.emailsrvr.com (Authenticated sender: gpeel-AT-thenetnow.com) with ESMTPA id 9F56C160090 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:28:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Grant Peel" To: Subject: gpart Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:28:40 -0400 Message-ID: <004301ce2e78$3e274fc0$ba75ef40$@thenetnow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: Ac4ueDgyOTpY5o4XTXG2Sui18CaJKA== Content-Language: en-ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:36:43 -0000 Hi all, I am in the midst of setting up the framework for new servers using FreeBSD 9.1. I used the bsdinstall and Manual`` option when setting up the disk geometry using GPT - graphical setup. The idea will be to eventually dump the 4 file systems, (/, /usr /var and /home) and restore them on other servers when the time comes. I am reading everything there is about GPT at this point as I have never used it before. It seems gpart is the tool to use. I have done several test runs setting the drive geometry using this as a guide: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html Which worked well. But as yet I do not have dumps to test with. I was wondering in anyone sees any issues creating the drive geometry using this method, with the intent of restoring dumped filesystems to to, including the root filesystem. I am yet to use 9.1 to do so, so any tips would be appreciated. -G