From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 8 19:38:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 213BE106568D for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:38:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f185.google.com (mail-pz0-f185.google.com [209.85.222.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E743F8FC1F for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:38:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk15 with SMTP id 15so2585528pzk.3 for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:38:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ihcB4xgiRL17in3OoOfXemSioR1P1scecc408eKStFY=; b=PFwgCyE0FXpvuyUQJNuXScIFTblAdyzqt/8imlx8IhCi9ZQpgUJstvOREW5VMOKI6v eKYUlkYIdqKBP954oOEWSZfr9+2EEMnVOOv3f7NCmKTAtRIHvtsAmhDt4TjxUsUoFxHr ad/j4mvgAPSlicFRW4/3yco/IyXTI0F989nZs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=K9SH7SLs/4MekRhCu6Al1yv7UEIzGLofejEfnxG8cEmr7eFf92zwTt8Rh/zJo8vFrf J8jViYwCPlzhs+/D0/KWmdSSM5RGX3C5NgFEc2aw76oGDBHliQVn1HW+Pu9iQrMs8xRi 5+naQA77/zslSgzyo6ctEFC/yUoZS33kWKxAU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.247.39 with SMTP id u39mr960087wfh.242.1260301092406; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:38:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091208202749.d3f3b697.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D44A@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20091208195424.850e8363.freebsd@edvax.de> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D498@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20091208202749.d3f3b697.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:38:12 -0600 Message-ID: <6201873e0912081138p906fa7bxb7ea5223542e67ff@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Peter Steele , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: How do I create large partitions in FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:38:13 -0000 On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > > b) go with gpt / gpart, which is okay if FreeBSD will > be the only OS that accesses the disk(s) in question, > as I may assume by your statements. > > GUID partitions are recognized by many more OS's than just FreeBSD although I admit I haven't tried such an endeavor. Is there some other gotcha? -- Adam Vande More