Re: GPT as default?

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des_at_des.no>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:39:36 +0200
Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt_at_mac.com> writes:
> On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> > Currently, it is not even possible to list the GPT, let alone create
> > new partitions, if one of the partitions is open.  GPT can not be the
> > default partitioning scheme until this is addressed.
> You can list with the -r option. You cannot create unless you allow
> foot-shooting in GEOM (i.e. set kern.geom.debugflags=16). The latter
> a known side-effect of GEOM and has nothing to do with GPT itself.

No, it is a known side effect of geom_gpt's poor design.  Compare with
geom_bsd, for instance.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.no
Received on Sat Apr 21 2007 - 05:39:41 UTC

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