slices, partitions, fdisk and bsdlabel on ia64

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Jul 1, 2009, at 2:31 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:

> Am I correct in thinking this is a "dangerously dedicated" (no  
> slices) disk,
> and partitions are numbered p<number>?

You're not correct. Itanium uses GPT and not MBR for partitions.

> Does this mean the handbook section 3.5, Disk Organisation,
> is incorrect for ia64?

Yes, it's incorrect. There's a high bias towards PC in
the handbook. Not surprising, but it means that you
should not take it literally.

> There's no fdisk on ia64, is there?

gpart is used for all partition, including MBR.

>
> I can't find bsdlabel either, on alpha it's under /sbin, but
> on ia64 it's nowhere to be found.

gpart is used for BSD disklabels as well.

FYI,

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