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| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 | 37 |
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diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 b/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 index 3506334..f972040 100644 --- a/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 +++ b/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd Jun 17, 2008 +.Dd Oct 9, 2008 .Dt GPART 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -404,6 +404,41 @@ action or reverted with the action. .Sh EXIT STATUS Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Create GPT scheme on +.Pa ad0 . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +/sbin/gpart create -s GPT ad0 +.Ed +.Pp +Embed GPT bootstrap code into protective MBR. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +/sbin/gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr ad0 +.Ed +.Pp +Create a dedicated +.Pa freebsd-boot +partition that can boot FreeBSD from a +.Pa freebsd-ufs +partition, and install bootstrap code into it. +This partition must be larger than +.Pa /boot/gptboot , +or the GPT boot you are willing to write, +a size of 15 blocks (7680 bytes) would be sufficient for +booting from UFS, but let's use 128 blocks (64 KB) here in +this example, in order to reserve some space for potential +future need (e.g. from a ZFS partition). +.Bd -literal -offset indent +/sbin/gpart add -b 34 -s 128 -t freebsd-boot ad0 +/sbin/gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ad0 +.Ed +.Pp +Create a 512MB-sized +.Pa freebsd-ufs +partition that would contain UFS where the system boot from. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +/sbin/gpart add -b 162 -s 1048576 -t freebsd-ufs ad0 +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr geom 4 , .Xr geom 8 , |
