Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 23:20:47 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: amvandemore@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall vs gmirror Message-ID: <4c945a3f.3BNAtV%2BUuZ%2BM1RW2%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimK=y-V0sBt-Z3LqOBi9KSEABSATdYdFNC5ZruZ@mail.gmail.com> References: <4c83190a.SG%2BLIhPWaGtmaaeL%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C835474.7060707@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4c8487cc.Rh42YL91jTIv09e0%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4c84ce46.sHyLaI%2BH%2BUzM%2BJ/y%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4c8c5260.%2BCOCCpHgloxRSY2/%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4C8CD2A4.3020203@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4c8da53d.pPK/NzHAHPlQPOfh%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <AANLkTimJ-fidbrRPYGynHLQj1-1nqo=-byo9zxXCK049@mail.gmail.com> <4c943b69.bsyYirMmUuB/1m0g%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <AANLkTimK=y-V0sBt-Z3LqOBi9KSEABSATdYdFNC5ZruZ@mail.gmail.com>
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Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:09 PM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > > > Next fdisk/gpart accordingly (don't forget to make it bootable). > > > > This is where I get stuck. I've partitioned the physical drives > > using sysinstall, but how do I go about partitioning gm0? > > Your problem is that you are still using sysinstall. No, I'm not. > You can't for your purposes(this was pointed out earlier). > Fixit only! The question is, how do I go about partitioning gm0 from Fixit? I've seen nothing so far that describes how to go about creating multiple partitions on a gmirror (or on anything else, for that matter) without either using sysinstall or having to understand gpart. > Notice in the example it creates some basic filesystems/diretories using gpart and ZFS > ... > > > If your setup if GPT compatible, I recommend using it. > > > > How do I find out whether this setup is GPT compatible? > > Hardware(BIOS) dependent. OK, given the system's age I will presume that it is not, thus (I suppose) no reason to deal with gpart.
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