Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:57:52 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: FreeBSD Arch <arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: making gpart default Message-ID: <69B1B4C5-8E98-4014-9767-A8D5D1919A75@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <e7db6d980809251238q46e3559frb4de01c383212aa3@mail.gmail.com> References: <57809A37-B81C-4F50-A418-CD9303F06B72@mac.com> <e7db6d980809251238q46e3559frb4de01c383212aa3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sep 25, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Peter Wemm wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> > wrote: >> I'd like to switch all architectures to gpart for the reasons given >> below. All current partitioning schemes are supported by gpart and >> work on all platforms. On top of that, ia64 and powerpc are using >> gpart exclusively already. > > What, if anything, do we need to do to start using it ourselves now on > i386 or amd64 platforms? Just change kernel options? Yes, that's it. At this time, the following 4 lines can be added to achieve the switch: nooption GEOM_BSD nooption GEOM_MBR options GEOM_PART_BSD options GEOM_PART_MBR > > Also, while here, the APM (apple partition manager) module doesn't > quite work with Tivo disks. Tivo drives don't have the DDR signature. > Simply removing the DDR code enables FreeBSD to mount and work with > tivo drives. Yes, I saw the commit. Do you know if there's anything we can check for in case there's no DDR? I'm thinking of accepting a DDR-less APM scheme only if we find some indication that it's a Tivo disk. I guess I like the comfort of checking the DDR and prefer not to eliminate it unconditionally. This may not be possible though... -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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