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diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 b/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 index 66557f3..d1a7b73 100644 --- a/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 +++ b/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 22, 2010 +.Dd June 3, 2010 .Dt GPART 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ NEC PC-98 computers. The .Dv GEOM_PART_VTOC8 option adds support for Sun's SMI VTOC8 label as -found on UltraSPARC-based computers. +found on computers based on +.Tn SPARC64 +and +.Tn UltraSPARC. .Pp Usage of the .Ns Nm @@ -221,9 +224,15 @@ The .Fl p Ar partcode option specifies a file that contains the bootstrap code intended to be written to a partition. +For the VTOC8 scheme, it is a 8192 byte file of which the last 7680 bytes +are installed as bootstrap code. The partition is specified by the .Fl i Ar index option. +For the VTOC8 scheme, if the +.Fl i Ar index +option is omitted, the bootstrap code is written to all sufficiently large +partitions. The size of the file must be smaller than the size of the partition. .Pp Additional options include: @@ -343,10 +352,12 @@ Resize a partition from geom .Ar geom and further identified by the .Fl i Ar index -option. New partition size is expressed in logical block -numbers and can be given by the +option. +New partition size is expressed in logical block +numbers and can be given by the .Fl s Ar size -option. If +option. +If .Fl s option is ommited then new size is automatically calculated to maximum available from given geom @@ -448,36 +459,36 @@ A partition dedicated to swap space. The scheme-specific types are .Qq Li "!FreeBSD-swap" -for APM, and +for APM, .Qq Li "!516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b" -for GPT. +for GPT, and tag 0x0901 for VTOC8. .It Cm freebsd-ufs A .Fx partition that contains a UFS or UFS2 file system. The scheme-specific types are .Qq Li "!FreeBSD-UFS" -for APM, and +for APM, .Qq Li "!516e7cb6-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b" -for GPT. +for GPT, and tag 0x0902 for VTOC8. .It Cm freebsd-vinum A .Fx partition that contains a Vinum volume. The scheme-specific types are .Qq Li "!FreeBSD-Vinum" -for APM, and +for APM, .Qq Li "!516e7cb8-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b" -for GPT. +for GPT, and tag 0x0903 for VTOC8. .It Cm freebsd-zfs A .Fx partition that contains a ZFS volume. The scheme-specific types are .Qq Li "!FreeBSD-ZFS" -for APM, and +for APM, .Qq Li "!516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b" -for GPT. +for GPT, and 0x0904 for VTOC8. .It Cm mbr A partition that is sub-partitioned by a master boot record (MBR). This type is known as @@ -543,10 +554,28 @@ future need (e.g.\& from a ZFS partition). .Pp Create a 512MB-sized .Cm freebsd-ufs -partition that would contain UFS where the system boot from. +partition that would contain UFS where the system boots from. .Bd -literal -offset indent /sbin/gpart add -b 162 -s 1048576 -t freebsd-ufs ad0 .Ed +.Pp +Create VTOC8 scheme on +.Pa da0 . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +/sbin/gpart create -s VTOC8 da0 +.Ed +.Pp +Create a 512MB-sized +.Cm freebsd-ufs +partition that would contain UFS where the system boots from. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +/sbin/gpart add -b 0 -s 1048576 -t freebsd-ufs da0 +.Ed +.Pp +After having created all required partitions, embed bootstrap code into them. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +/sbin/gpart bootcode -p /boot/boot1 da0 +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr geom 4 , .Xr geom 8 |
