Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:32:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Lucas B. Cohen" <lbc@bnrlabs.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd@johnea.net Subject: Re: 9.1 and gmirror with GPT? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1210210827530.70277@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <50833F78.1060609@bnrlabs.com> References: <5082EAEE.4040609@johnea.net> <50833F78.1060609@bnrlabs.com>
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2012, Lucas B. Cohen wrote: > On 2012.10.20 20:17, freebsd@johnea.net wrote: >> Just wondering if 9.1 will bring any improvement to the situation of creating a full disk geom mirror while also using GPT partition table? > > I'm curious about what this is about. Could you refer me to an article > or a discussion where this issue is described ? The GPT backup partition tables goes at the end of a disk, the same place gmirror(8) and other GEOM modules keep metadata. If GPT partitions are created inside a mirror, the backup GPT table is no longer at the end of the disk. Hiroki Sato created a patch which fixed the gptboot complaints, but there was concern about the nonstandard location of the backup table. At present, MBR partitioning is recommended with gmirror(8).
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