Re: gpt problem on 5.1

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6724%bellsouth.net@localhost>]

> I added a new hard disk and wanted to make a gpt label:
> nas# gpt create /dev/wd3d
> nas# gpt add -s 10486224 -t swap -i 1 /dev/wd3d
> gpt: wd3d: error: no primary GPT header; run create or recover
> nas# gpt show /dev/wd3d
>        start        size  index  contents
>            0           1         PMBR
>            1  3907029134
>   3907029135          32         Sec GPT table
>   3907029167           1         Sec GPT header
  
> Am I missing something obvious?
> Is there a known bug in gpt in 5.1?
  
> The kernel is from 5.1_STABLE, but I didn't update the userland --
> just in case it matters.
>  Thomas

I think maybe you should have
gpt create /dev/wd3
instead of wd3d

gpt, gdisk, gpart don't use the legacy BSD MBR and disklabel partitioning 
scheme.

Tom