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Date:      Wed, 15 May 2019 16:25:58 -0500
From:      Adam <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        Peter <pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Waht is the minimum free space between GPT partitions?
Message-ID:  <CA%2BtpaK2NK90oBuAW1yrNpSFPdLy58oVSxqeoi5sECLTA332uNQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190515204243.GA67445@gate.oper.dinoex.org>
References:  <20190515204243.GA67445@gate.oper.dinoex.org>

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On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 4:14 PM Peter <pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> wrote:

> It appears I can't find an answeer anywhere:
>
> What is the recommendend safety distance (free space) between two
> GPT partitions?
>
> I found, if I put partitions directly together (so that another starts
> immediately after one ends), under certain circumstances the volumes
> become inaccessible and the system (11.2) does crash. Obviousely there
> is a safety distance required - but how big should it be?
>

Sounds more like an off-by-1 error.  However partitions start should be 4k
aligned for widest performance compatibility.

-- 
Adam



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