FreeBSD and GPT

GPT is the new partitioning scheme, to replace the fdisk style partitions/slices and bsdlabel. Documentation is a bit scarce at teh moment, so here are some notes.

gpart getting started

1. Create a GTP partition on the disk

   gpart create -s gpt ad4

2. Install boot code on the disk

   gpart add -b 34 -s 128 -t freebsd-boot ad0

   gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ad4

3. Add a partition

   gpart add -b 512 -s 1048576 -t freebsd-ufs ad4