Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 19:09:09 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Carlo.Capponi@unibo.it Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: number of partitions Message-ID: <20080515170909.GB33172@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0805150934280.26961@slacknet.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0805150934280.26961@slacknet.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 09:36:06AM -0600, Carlo.Capponi@unibo.it wrote: > > looks like I cannot create more than 8 partitions at boot time on a single > disk. > how to overcome this problem ? > thanks Use fdisk to make up to 4 slices on the disk; e.g. ad0 gets ad0s1 to ad0s4. you can then create up to 6 usable partitions on each slice. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgsbjUACgkQEnfvsMMhpyU+lACfaJz/98so6uWQfRpuc3Xeo3xK 4ZEAoKjiYaxPmfmeEsOTGl2wnqYsj1TE =e2AG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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