On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:09:07 +0100 David Brownlee <a...@absd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 10:58, Michael van Elst <mlel...@serpens.de> > wrote: > > > > cryintotheblue...@gmail.com (Sad Clouds) writes: > > > > >Hi, assuming I'm using a system that doesn't require UEFI and > > >disks are smaller than 2TB in size. Is there any advantage of > > >using GPT vs the old disklabel scheme? Also if I want to use a > > >partition (not whole disk) for ZFS, are there any weird > > >interaction/restrictions with GPT? > > > > Advantage might be portability and the availability of partition > > names. > > > > For ZFS it's best to use whole disks (and multiple of these). If you > > want to use a partition, it doesn't really matter if it is a slice > > (with disklabel) or wedge (with GPT). > > One issue - importing zpools from disklabel partitions does not Just > Work (wedges are OK). You have to create a new dev directory with just > the relevant device nodes). Only an issue if you need to import (eg > disks renumbered) > > David Thanks guys, I'll keep this in mind. I've not used GPT that much, but looking at /etc/fstab entries I see NAME="XXX" / ffs rw,log 1 1 Since partitions are found by ID, does this mean swapping disks between different SATA/SCSI ports will still result in correct partitions found on boot?
