Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 14:17:39 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Mike." <the.lists@mgm51.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror, gpart and MBR vs GPT in the Handbook Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311301352140.99113@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <201311301303210813.05DE187E@smtp.24cl.home> References: <201311301303210813.05DE187E@smtp.24cl.home>
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On Sat, 30 Nov 2013, Mike. wrote: > The Handbook page about creating a gmirror array > ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom-mirror.html ) > has the command: > > gpart create -s MBR mirror/gm0 > > I've read elsewhere in the handbook that GPT is preferrable to > the older and less versatile MBR scheme. Mostly, it is. > Is there a specific reason why MBR was used in the Handbook > example for creating a mirror, instead of GPT? Yes, there was, see the last paragraph of the Metadata Issues subsection, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom-mirror.html#geom-mirror-metadata > Or was it just a preference of the person who wrote that Handbook > page? That was me, and I would much prefer GPT. However, whole-disk gmirror metadata and the GPT backup table conflict.
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