Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:19:40 -0400 From: J David <j.david.lists@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Aligning MBR for ZFS boot help Message-ID: <CABXB=RTt-j0SGxktWMfLcgLAEN6Vi%2Bf=psBuN0jQaJthk_3cbw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303101807550.8481@wonkity.com> References: <513C1629.50501@caltel.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303101006490.5989@wonkity.com> <513CD9AB.5080903@caltel.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303101326530.7218@wonkity.com> <513CE369.4030303@caltel.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303101349540.7637@wonkity.com> <1362951595.99445.2.camel@btw.pki2.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303101807550.8481@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > If FreeBSD had a way to turn off the strict enforcement of CHS values for > MBR, it would make that unnecessary. > The solution to that for a drive of this size *might* be to use fdisk instead of gpart to do the partitioning, and just flat out lie to it about the geometry when it asks you if you want to use something other than what it read. (Which was also a lie anyway.)
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