Re: GEOM_GPT on i386?

From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander_at_Leidinger.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 09:54:00 +0200
Brooks Davis schrieb:

>>Hmm, can I make use of GPT without having boot support? Perhaps you
>>have a link handy which illustrates the GPT on disk and the BIOS
>>interactivity. Is it possible to have both, MBR and GPT? I can't
>>imagine.  My particular problem is that I want to have every jail in
>>it's own label, but then I have to slice my disk (array), because
>>I have roundabout 20 jails, which makes it impossible to rearrange
>>label-sizes.
> 
> 
> While GPT was intended to be the only label on the disk, GEOM does not
> have any such restrictions.  You can place any label on any geom.  My
> suggestion would be to allocation a slice or bsdlabel partition for the
> GPT.  Then use GPT to chop that up to meet the demands of the jails.
> For example, you could have:
[snip]

Another solution would be to use (g)vinum to handle the volume management...

Bye,
Alexander.
Received on Sat Sep 11 2004 - 05:55:12 UTC

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