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Add a warning on using GEOM mirroring on GPT partitioned disks, the

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default scheme used on FreeBSD 9.X

PR:		docs/162723
Submitted by:	Michael W. Lucas <mwlucas at blackhelicopters dot org>
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Manolis Kiagias 2011-11-21 18:11:25 +00:00
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@ -268,7 +268,12 @@ Done.</screen>
<para>Creating a mirror out of the boot drive may result in
data loss if any data has been stored on the last sector of
the disk. This risk is reduced if creating the mirror is
done promptly after a fresh install of &os;.</para>
done promptly after a fresh install of &os;. The following
procedure is also incompatible with the default installation
settings of &os;&nbsp;9.<replaceable>X</replaceable> which
use the new <acronym>GPT</acronym> partition scheme. GEOM
will overwrite <acronym>GPT</acronym> metadata, causing data
loss and possibly an unbootable system.</para>
</warning>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>gmirror label -vb round-robin gm0 /dev/da0</userinput></screen>