Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:54:00 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> Subject: Re: GEOM_GPT on i386? Message-ID: <4142AF18.70208@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20040909225122.GA4335@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <200409100017.12733@harryhomeworkstation> <200409100031.35536@harryhomeworkstation> <20040909223755.GA3143@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <200409100042.27877@harryhomeworkstation> <20040909225122.GA4335@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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Brooks Davis schrieb: >>Hmm, can I make use of GPT without having boot support? Perhaps you >>have a link handy which illustrates the GPT on disk and the BIOS >>interactivity. Is it possible to have both, MBR and GPT? I can't >>imagine. My particular problem is that I want to have every jail in >>it's own label, but then I have to slice my disk (array), because >>I have roundabout 20 jails, which makes it impossible to rearrange >>label-sizes. > > > While GPT was intended to be the only label on the disk, GEOM does not > have any such restrictions. You can place any label on any geom. My > suggestion would be to allocation a slice or bsdlabel partition for the > GPT. Then use GPT to chop that up to meet the demands of the jails. > For example, you could have: [snip] Another solution would be to use (g)vinum to handle the volume management... Bye, Alexander.
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