Re: Fun with SSD and GPT wedges

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost> writes:

>      As stated before, gpt(8) is a tool for manipulating on-disk
> data structures.  This is outside the scope of it.  Also, disklabel(8)
> lets you do anything you want to a disklabel regardless of whether
> the partitons are mounted.  Why would you expect gpt(8) to behave
> differently?

Because gpt add creates wedges.  People expect parallel structure and
symmetry.