On 2021-Feb-13, at 16:40, Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote: > Are you aware of gpart create? > > Warner From which I derive that I had an implicit, incorrect assumption that gpart show would in some way list everything available that gpart could manipulate (including for use in creation). So I need to find such a drive another way, something I was not even trying to do. That answers my question. Thanks. Mark >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 4:41 PM Mark Millard via freebsd-current <freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org> wrote: >> I plugged in a new Optane and booted FreeBSD on the >> ThreadRipper 1950X system but FreeBSD did not show >> the drive in gpart show. (It is unique by size in the >> context and so would be hard to miss for anything >> that listed sizes. Lack of listing a size would also >> stand out.) >> >> So I did what I've done in the past: shutdown FreeBSD, >> boot Windows 10, go to its disk management utility, >> answer its prompt for MBR vs. GPT for the new device >> (picking GPT), shutdown Windows 10. Then boot FreeBSD >> again --and the new drive shows up. >> >> Is there a way to avoid the round trip through >> Windows 10 (or any other such round trip going >> outside FreeBSD)? I'm just curious if I've missed >> something: My work around enables my activity. >> >> >> FYI, FreeBSD based on main 3acea07c1873 : >> >> # ~/fbsd-based-on-what-freebsd-main.sh >> merge-base: 3acea07c1873b1e4042f4a4fa8668745ee59f15b >> merge-base: CommitDate: 2021-02-08 19:15:21 +0000 >> c1845d00f818 (HEAD -> mm-src) mm-src snapshot for mm's patched build in git context. >> 3acea07c1873 (pure-src) Restore the augmented strlen commentary >> FreeBSD FBSDFHUGE 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT mm-src-n244686-c1845d00f818 GENERIC-NODBG amd64 amd64 1400004 1400004 >> >> But this is not a new thing, more of a "still true" >> thing. > === Mark Millard marklmi at yahoo.com ( dsl-only.net went away in early 2018-Mar)Received on Sun Feb 14 2021 - 00:36:48 UTC
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