Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 03:50:23 +0200 From: Jon Theil Nielsen <jontheil@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: More than 8 partitions Message-ID: <h2v8f82c35c1004301850v9953cddand8818c6386fb25e1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100501030656.2c06111e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <y2z8f82c35c1004301044pd7168618qa23eb66438350a5d@mail.gmail.com> <o2w286906751004301120rb543074bm219c0e7fe0cea521@mail.gmail.com> <u2h8f82c35c1004301133w7cb30088l6cee840225cff116@mail.gmail.com> <r2p8f82c35c1004301658rf0c99886yeb6d87bededde2fa@mail.gmail.com> <q2kd74eb87c1004301711s9f91a16ez8d30f183b987a589@mail.gmail.com> <w2i8f82c35c1004301753k318247b1kc3165f1fb532af15@mail.gmail.com> <20100501030656.2c06111e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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2010/5/1 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> > On Sat, 1 May 2010 02:53:13 +0200, Jon Theil Nielsen <jontheil@gmail.com> > wrote: > > But if I look into the source code of bsdlabel > > (/usr/src/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.c), I can see this: > > #define MAXPARTITIONS 26 > > which at least tells me that is has been the *intention* that it should > be > > possible. > > Obviously, this refers to the possible letters a, b, c, ..., z > as partition identifiers instead of numerical ones (e. g. ad0p7). > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > Sure. It could be so. All I know is that the bdslabel error message tells me that I can't add a label outside the range a-h. And I must admit that I can't find any official documentation saying that I should be able to do so. I guess it has been the intention, but that it hasn't been implemented (yet). Regards, Jon
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