Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 08:40:18 +0100 From: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: No GPT on an usb key Message-ID: <AANLkTin2zaTYHF_hQbfWWj=5kraXCtwUVDUBsfVgY5FG@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <15762619@bb.ipt.ru> References: <AANLkTinXvDmU-z=Krr3SFc%2BqhzDOgJrfnoCHgGAu2%2Bd2@mail.gmail.com> <15762619@bb.ipt.ru>
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2010/11/8 Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>: > Hi, > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:52:55 +0200 David DEMELIER wrote: > >> I'm trying to put on my USB mass storage device a GPT scheme >> partitions. But gpart still add them as slices : > >> To be sure to remove the MBR before I dd'ed it > >> $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=512 count=1 >> 1+0 records in >> 1+0 records out >> 512 bytes transferred in 0.003369 secs (151970 bytes/sec) >> $ sudo gpart create -s GPT da0 >> da0 created >> $ gpart show da0 >> => 34 15771653 da0 GPT (7.5G) >> 34 15771653 - free - (7.5G) > >> $ sudo gpart add -b 34 -t freebsd da0 >> da0s1 added > >> Why it is still s1? In my kernel config I have this : > > GPART(8) may be a good start here. Ex.: > ----- > ... > PARTITION TYPES > The gpart utility uses symbolic names for common partition types to avoid > that the user needs to know what the partitioning scheme in question is > and what the actual number or identification needs to be used for a par- > ticular type. The gpart utility also allows the user to specify scheme- > specific partition types for partition types that do not have symbol > names. The symbolic names currently understood are: > ... > freebsd A FreeBSD partition that uses the BSD disklabel to sub- > divide the partition into file systems. This is a legacy > partition type and should not be used for the APM or GPT > schemes. The scheme-specific types are "!165" for MBR, > "!FreeBSD" for APM, and > "!516e7cb4-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b" for GPT. > ... > ----- > >> device crypto >> options GEOM_ELI >> options GEOM_PART_GPT >> options GEOM_LABEL >> options GEOM_VOL > >> Do I need something that I forgot? > > Seems you forgot to read the manual page carefully. ;-) > > -- > HTH & WBR, bsam > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Yes, a friend tole me there is a problem. But I was sure that a freebsd slive even on GPT will be named da0s1 but he was really sure so I asked here and I forgot to answer. Cheers, :-) -- Demelier Davidhelp
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