From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Dec  2 17:13:37 2013
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org
 [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3FC0914B
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon,  2 Dec 2013 17:13:37 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from oneyou.mcmli.com (oneyou.mcmli.com [IPv6:2001:470:1d:8da::100])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0554A156B
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon,  2 Dec 2013 17:13:37 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from sentry.24cl.com (sentry.24cl.com [IPv6:2001:470:89e9:1:feed::1])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (Client CN "sentry.24cl.com",
 Issuer "Mike's Certificate Authority" (verified OK))
 by oneyou.mcmli.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3dYCb23Yprz1DNq
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon,  2 Dec 2013 12:13:34 -0500 (EST)
Received: from BigBloat (bigbloat.24cl.home [10.20.1.4])
 by sentry.24cl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3dYCb10PN6z1Bjc
 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon,  2 Dec 2013 12:13:33 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <201312021213320528.00673D5F@smtp.24cl.home>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312011016490.5791@wonkity.com>
References: <201311301303210813.05DE187E@smtp.24cl.home>
 <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311301352140.99113@wonkity.com>
 <201312011121580096.005D00FB@smtp.24cl.home>
 <alpine.BSF.2.00.1312011016490.5791@wonkity.com>
X-Mailer: Courier 3.50.00.09.1098 (http://www.rosecitysoftware.com) (P)
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:13:32 -0500
From: "Mike." <the.lists@mgm51.com>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: gmirror, gpart and MBR vs GPT in the Handbook
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:13:37 -0000

On 12/1/2013 at 10:21 AM Warren Block wrote:

|On Sun, 1 Dec 2013, Mike. wrote:
|
|> On 11/30/2013 at 2:17 PM Warren Block wrote:
|[snip]
|>
|> A question about the wording of that paragraph.  The second
|> sentence states:
|>
|> "Because GPT partition schemes also store metadata at the end
of
|> the disk, mirroring full GPT disks with gmirror(8) is not
|> recommended."
|>
|>
|> The word "full" is ambiguous.  Is it to mean, "full" as in
'full
|> of data', or "full" as in 'the entire disk'?
|
|It means mirroring an entire disk, including boot blocks and
metadata, 
|rather than just parts of it like partitions or filesystems.
|
|I'll work on rewriting that paragraph for clarity.
 =============

I noticed a change in the wording this morning.  :)


My understanding is that MBR can be used with drives only up to
and including 2TB in size.  So if I use MBR, the maximum drive
size I could use would be 2TB.  Is that correct?