Using GTP and glabel for ZFS arrays

[Boris Samorodov]

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:15:41 -0400 Dan Langille wrote:
> On 7/21/2010 11:05 PM, Dan Langille wrote (something close to this):

> > First, create a new GUID Partition Table partition scheme on the HDD:
> > gpart create -s GPT ad0
> >
> > Let's see how much space we have. This output will be used to determine
> > SOMEVALUE in the next command.
> >
> > gpart show
> >
> > Create a new partition within that scheme:
> > gpart add -b 34 -s SOMEVALUE -t freebsd-zfs ad0
> >
> > Now, label the thing:
> > glabel label -v disk00 /dev/ad0

That command will destroy secondary GPT.

> Or, is this more appropriate?
>   glabel label -v disk00 /dev/ad0s1

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