On Mon, 27 May 2013 21:13:44 -0700 (PDT), J Ronald wrote:
> During the installation of FreeBSD 9.1 using bsdintall, it seems the concept
> has been changed.
> In the "Partition Editor", using GPT, no slice concept, no partition that
> using a/b/c/d.
That is correct. Instead of the MBR-style partition names
(like da0s1a or da0a), GPT-style partition names (like da0p1)
are being used. As known, they carry a UFS file system.
> Is the partition mechanism simplified here?
No. It's a _different_ mechanism.
MBR: The old system: fdisk, bsdlabel, newfs -> slices & partitions
(slices optional: dedicated)
GPT: The new system: gpart, newfs -> partitions ("different kind of"
compared to MBR, of course)
See this comparison:
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/geom-glabel.html
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/disks-adding.html
Still you have the choice to use MBR partitioning if this is
a requirement (maybe due to hardware that has problems booting
GPT partitioned media? who knows).
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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