From owner-freebsd-ia64 Fri Feb 14 5: 7:21 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD2D837B401 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 05:07:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mm02snlnto.sandia.gov (mm02snlnto.sandia.gov [132.175.109.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B072743FBF for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 05:07:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from deicher@sandia.gov) Received: from 132.175.109.4 by mm02snlnto.sandia.gov with ESMTP ( Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7)); Fri, 14 Feb 2003 06:07:17 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 95b8ca9b-fe4b-44f7-8977-a6cb2d3025ff Received: from ES01SNLNT.sandia.gov (es01snlnt.sandia.gov [134.253.130.4]) by mailgate2.sandia.gov (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h1ED7HKP027951 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 06:07: 18 -0700 (MST) Received: by es01snlnt.sandia.gov with Internet Mail Service ( 5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 06:07:17 -0700 Message-ID: <03781128C7B74B4DBC27C55859C9D7380B9DDB74@es06snlnt.sandia.gov> From: "Eichert, Diana" To: "'freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org '" Subject: RE: FreeBSD ia64 install problems WAS: install on Dell Precision Work Station 730 Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 06:07:17 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-WSS-ID: 1252358F1006-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org G.morn' I'm out of the office this morning, using the FreeBSD Hypertext Man Pages I don't see an entry for gpt(8). Wandering through CVS web gave me the latest gpt.8. I guess since ia64 is still considered "tier 2" that it's unique man pages aren't available yet via the online man pages? thanks for the info. diana -----Original Message----- From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Arun Sharma Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Sent: 2/13/2003 7:47 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD ia64 install problems WAS: install on Dell Precision Work Station 730 On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 06:19:02PM -0800, Arun Sharma wrote: > > What's the recommended tool to set the GPT partition type ? That depends. If you're running Linux, use diskpart. If you only have EFI, get Intel's EFI tool. When running FreeBSD, use gpt(8). So far I always netboot a new machine and use gpt(8) to partition the disk. newfs(8) the partitions and copy bits over. Then I reboot the machine locally. Works like a charm. I hope we eventially get good EFI tools and/or have a good partitioner in the installer to deal with new machines. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message