Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:24:23 -0500 From: Paul Kraus <paul@kraus-haus.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS - whole disk or partition or BSD slice? Message-ID: <D170DA87-E56B-4336-B102-68B127A3E158@kraus-haus.org> In-Reply-To: <05.C7.10746.CD537015@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> References: <05.C7.10746.CD537015@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Jan 28, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: >> Presumably the disks are currently FreeBSD-specific. If I used raw >> disks instead of slices, could I read them from a Solaris system too? > > ^ I'm mostly sure you would be able to read disks from Solaris/x86. > ^ However Solaris/Sparc uses another labeling scheme. If you want to be > ^ fully compatible with other system GPT is a better choice. > > Is GPT compatible with Solaris, can Solaris access a GPT disk? AFAIK, none of the Solaris derived OSes can read a GPT disk label. -- Paul Kraus Deputy Technical Director, LoneStarCon 3 Sound Coordinator, Schenectady Light Opera Company
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?D170DA87-E56B-4336-B102-68B127A3E158>