Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:29:17 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org> Cc: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Subject: Re: gpart, bsdlabel and fdisk Message-ID: <1256225357.2309.64.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <77FC25AE-E098-48E3-8F64-776B4BDAF3EF@exscape.org> References: <4ADE995A.8080009@ish.com.au> <1256174188.2309.22.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4ADFCFF3.1030201@ish.com.au> <790a9fff0910220001m3d7df03j127b51d7d0696271@mail.gmail.com> <4AE01342.4000303@ish.com.au> <77FC25AE-E098-48E3-8F64-776B4BDAF3EF@exscape.org>
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On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 10:15 +0200, Thomas Backman wrote: > > * you don't have the instruction to perform "echo 'a 1' | fdisk -f > > - /dev/ad4" which Robert recommends > Shouldn't be needed if you use gpart. (Note: I haven't actually read > the guides, but fdisk and gpart are both partitioning software, and > I > don't see why you'd need *both*. I've made several installs without > ever touching fdisk, all ZFS only.) This step is only needed if you BIOS requires it. Many/Most do not. It is set automatically when you install bootcode to a GPT partitioned disk on -CURRENT now. robert. -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD
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