Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:26:23 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBook G4 and FreeBSD 9.0-RC2: unable to create four slices on hard drive? Message-ID: <4EC5279F.6020608@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4EC4D537.4050704@FreeBSD.org> References: <20111116224604.6403be5a.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <4EC4D537.4050704@FreeBSD.org>
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On 11/17/11 03:34, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: > On 17.11.2011 1:46, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: >> As you can see, the drive is APM partitioned, and there is 16 G of free space on it. >> g-ibook# gpart add -s 2G -t freebsd-swap ada0 >> gpart: index '4': No space left on device > Can you show the output of `gpart list ada0`? > APM partition maps have a preprogrammed max size -- Apple's Disk Utility often sets it to a very small number (4) when making disks with only one partition. To fix it, you need to reformat the drive completely. -Nathan
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