[Bulk] Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0?

[Warren Block]

On Tue, 27 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> This is from the log:
>
> # gpart show ada0
> =>       63  625142385  ada0  MBR  (298G)
>         63  121274683        - free -  (57G)
>  121274746  503862599     2  ebr  [active]  (240G)
>  625137345       5103        - free -  (2.5M)
>
> # gpart add -t freebsd -i1 ada0
> ada0s1 added
>
> Now it becomes complicated, since the log is a mess:
>
> =>       63  625142385  ada0  MBR  (298G)
>         63  121274622     1  freebsd  (57G)
>  121274685         61        - free -  (30k)
>  121274746  503862599     2  ebr  [active]  (240G)
>  625137345       5103        - free -  (2.5M)

That looks okay.

> # gpart show ada0s1
> =>        0  121274622  ada0s1  EBR  (57G)
>          0  121274622          - free -  (57G)
>
> # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1
> gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists

Sorry, no idea on that.  Because of the extended partitions, maybe.