tags 548436 thanks Hi,
Barring a minor variable name mistake, the patch works. I've just built a d-i image to test it, and it's able to create filesystems on GPT. Here's an updated version. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
diff -ur parted-1.8.8.git.2009.07.19/libparted/arch/freebsd.c parted-1.8.8.git.2009.07.19.new/libparted/arch/freebsd.c --- parted-1.8.8.git.2009.07.19/libparted/arch/freebsd.c 2009-11-21 10:35:29.000000000 +0100 +++ parted-1.8.8.git.2009.07.19.new/libparted/arch/freebsd.c 2009-11-21 10:35:56.000000000 +0100 @@ -1110,13 +1110,18 @@ int path_len = strlen (dev->path); int result_len = path_len + 16; char* result; + PedDisk* disk; + + disk = ped_disk_new (dev); + if (!disk) + return NULL; result = (char*) ped_malloc (result_len); if (!result) return NULL; /* append slice number (ad0, partition 1 => ad0s1)*/ - snprintf (result, result_len, "%ss%d", dev->path, num); + snprintf (result, result_len, strcmp (disk->type->name, "gpt") ? "%ss%d" : "%sp%d", dev->path, num); return result; }