Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:35:55 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: rsimmons0@gmail.com Cc: odhiambo@gmail.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning with gpart or old style slices? Message-ID: <4deb31db.HAlrICd12fNR9NoX%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=_CfrmosNBD=qoxiKdSCXQagNY5w@mail.gmail.com> References: <4DEAAE54.1050508@locolomo.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106042039240.34792@wonkity.com> <20110605044021.GA2213@tinyCurrent> <201106050103.47416.rsimmons0@gmail.com> <BANLkTimgfejSW-BjmT-XUFJc-EaKOzAYMg@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTi=_CfrmosNBD=qoxiKdSCXQagNY5w@mail.gmail.com>
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Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> wrote: > > How do I wipe the whole thing in one go so that I can start > > afresh? > > > > gpart destroy ad4 ?? > > Yes, but first you must delete all of the slices/partitions. > Think of it this way: you must go backwards down the path you > just came with a delete for each add, then a destroy for each > create. So there is no way to just say "clean up this whole disk" in a single operation? That seems a considerable step backwards, given that the old tools have "fdisk -i" and "bsdlabel -w".
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