GPT partition scheme on a stripe

[Allan Jude]

On 2014-11-25 13:47, muthira mammootty via freebsd-hackers wrote:
> I am trying to create a GPT partition scheme on a striped volume made out of two drives and getting error. Is this not valid?
> # gstripe label -v journal2 /dev/ad12 /dev/ad13# gpart create -s GPT stripe/journal2GEOM: ad12: corrupt or invalid GPT detected.GEOM: ad12: GPT rejected — may not be recoverable.
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GPT and GEOM store their metadata in the same place, the last sector of
the drive.

The recommended way to deal with this is to create GPT partitions on
both of the raw disks, then stripe the partitions together, rather than
the other way around.


-- 
Allan Jude

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