Re: kern/45179: NetBSD disklabel does not support devices larger 2 TByte

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:57:14AM +0200, Wolfgang Stukenbrock wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> now I've a look at gpt(8).
> 
> the manual say:
> 
> By default, one cannot create a GPT when the device contains a
> MBR, however this can be overridden with the -f option.  If the
> -f option is specified, an existing MBR is destroyed and any par-
> titions described by the MBR are lost.
> 
> This means, gpt(8) is not usable on (at least) i386 and amd64
> architectures for root disks!
> So gpt is no sollution for theese architectures!

It is, gpt-partitionned disks are bootable.
MBRs also have a size limitation, which may also be a 2TB.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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