Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 10:45:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bsdlabel geometry params Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206051044540.64129@tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <4FCDAC8F.5040001@dreamchaser.org> References: <4FCCBDF4.1030008@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206041424150.945@wonkity.com> <4FCD21C0.50200@dreamchaser.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206041521410.945@wonkity.com> <4FCDAC8F.5040001@dreamchaser.org>
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whats wrong in juz using bsdlabel ? On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: > On 06/04/12 15:25, Warren Block wrote: >> On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: >> >>>> What part of the Handbook? I would suggest using gpart(8), it makes GPT partitions easy, and nasty old MBR partitions aren't any worse than with fdisk/bsdlabel. >>> >>> 19.3.2 >> >> That's the Storage chapter, section "Command Line Utilities". That is yet another section that needs updating. In the meantime, here: > > I was making some notes as I went along about that. > I did decide to switch, thanks. > >> http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html >> >> The second half of that covers using gpart(8). I suggest using GPT partitions unless your configuration does not allow them (gmirror, for example). > > Probably should have read mail sooner... > I found the wikipedia article > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table > exactly what I needed to make sense of gpart. > Once you understand how the dang thing is laid out, > the commands make sense. > Without that, it's pretty difficult (for me, anyway) to figure out > how it knows what it needs to know to get it done. > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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