Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:02:25 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Andy Wodfer <wodfer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and large harddrives Message-ID: <20101118130225.0000321d@unknown> In-Reply-To: <20101118125113.000008ba@unknown> References: <AANLkTimh50XGrXraNzBCeY9mZj3wsWPG=RRkRiF_fRf=@mail.gmail.com> <66248F21-1914-467A-9874-B5987F5E4790@internode.on.net> <AANLkTin5jj-XbRLKF-Pe1tbbZyP9nEjNNVmSWhyhyX_W@mail.gmail.com> <20101118125113.000008ba@unknown>
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:51:13 +0000 Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote: > There's a guide to installing FreeBSD on zfs at > http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot . Note that even if you > have a 'legacy' BIOS you can still use GPT - if you use the MBR scheme > you'll be limited to a maximum partition of 2TB. To answer the question - you use gpart to partition the drive and zpool to format it. e.g. for a single disk with no zraid: gpart create -s gpt devicenode gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l label devicenode zpool create poolname /dev/gpt/label -- Bruce Cran
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