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Mention the partitioning of large disks using gpart(8).

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Submitted by:	Robert Simmons (rsimmons0 at gmail dot com)
Patch by:	Niclas Zeising (niclas dot zeising at gmail dot com)
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2^32-1 and a length of no more than 2^32-1, limiting partitions to
2TB and disks to 4TB in most cases. The &man.sunlabel.8; format
is limited to 2^32-1 sectors per partition and 8 partitions for
a total of 16TB. For larger disks, &man.gpt.8; partitions may be
used.</para>
a total of 16TB. For larger disks, &man.gpart.8; may be used to
create <acronym>GPT</acronym> partitions. <acronym>GPT</acronym>
has the added benefit of not being limited to 4 slices.</para>
<sect2>
<title>Using &man.sysinstall.8;</title>