Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:45:56 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Mike Andrews <mandrews@bit0.com>, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Subject: Re: New BSD Installer Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK1VJdjKGqLTajpSuPrFFgrQR0vM9Uzno%2B=KByGV%2BHaQ0A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120217021019.GA61420@icarus.home.lan> References: <4F35743B.4020302@os2.kiev.ua> <4F37DBA3.7030304@cran.org.uk> <20120213195554.O46120@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <092c01cceb40$2dc8f240$895ad6c0$@fisglobal.com> <CAN6yY1uVhXMntWaK=P4dPrKY3aLR2fsKMWfS7Ncvpwy-XKM31Q@mail.gmail.com> <095a01cceb54$04a38fb0$0deaaf10$@fisglobal.com> <4F3ACDE7.8060003@bit0.com> <4F3D9A7C.7080900@quip.cz> <20120217001829.GA59869@icarus.home.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202161817500.47990@wonkity.com> <20120217021019.GA61420@icarus.home.lan>
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>wrote: > I'm surprised that given the nature of these two bits (GPT vs. GEOM), > that the GEOM layer cannot simply lie about the full capacity of the > partition, or something to that effect. > GEOM can already do this. gvirstor and gnop do something like this, and gnop may be of particular use. You could gmirror some drives, gnop it to a slightly smaller provider, then GPT the resulting device. At least that's how it could work in my understanding, I haven't actually attempted it. -- Adam Vande More
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