Thread: Parted and UFS/ZFS FreeBSD partition types

hello

i'm migrate 7-disk zfs-fuse array new bigger 19-disk one. previous array disks (and md arrays) ms-dos partition tables , x83 partitions on them.

new 1 i'd compatible freebsd, too, want use gpt tables , proper partition types freebsd, according wikipedia have guid of 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b, except boot partitions.

includes ufs partitions, according man parted supported:
mkpart part-type [fs-type] start end
make part-type partition filesys‐
tem fs-type (if specified), beginning at
start , ending @ end (by default in
megabytes). fs-type can 1 of
"fat16", "fat32", "ext2", "hfs", "linux-
swap", "ntfs", "reiserfs", or "ufs".
part-type should 1 of "primary",
"logical", or "extended".

but, when using mkpart or mkpartfs , asked type create, , answering "ufs", "parted: invalid token: ufs", though ufs explicitly listed option in manpages. interestingly, answering "zfs" isn't listed option, "support creating zfs file systems not implemented yet."

gives? manpages broken or program buggy, , importantly, how can know partition types possible create, , how create freebsd type partition?

these attempts latest parted repos of ubuntu natty server installation.

in advance,
daniel

the ufs support in parted restricted mbr partitions. can use gpt fdisk (gdisk) create freebsd ufs , zfs partitions on gpt disk. (you'd give them type codes of a503 , a504, respectively.)

, fwiw, latest version of parted (3.0) removes filesystem creation , modification support, except filesystem probing determine what's in partition. that's not directly relevant current needs, wanted throw out there heads-up. (i don't think affect gparted, since seems implement filesystem support independently of libparted.)

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