using /sbin/gpart to add GPT volume

[illoai at gmail.com]

On 10 October 2011 11:33, n dhert <ndhertbsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a FreebSD 8.2 machine with 12 1-Tb disks used for making backups.
> now I try to create
> # gpart create -s GPT ad0s4
> gpart: provider: Device not configured

(NB I do not have a multi-boot system with an
MBR scheme on it, so I'm not clear on the pre-
cise details)
You want some variation of
# gpart add -t freebsd-ufs ad0[s4]

"create" is for the disk-wise scheme
"add" is for the individual slices/partitions

Again, I haven't played with gpart on an MBR disk,
so be careful.

Aso, if you're muddling with the boot disk, you may
have to work in single-user mode.

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