From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 2 11:21:37 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30ABF7BB for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 11:21:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-x236.google.com (mail-wi0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC8901F40 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 11:21:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id c10so1851962wiw.3 for ; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 04:21:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+pYQWT2ko9VGJaSlTRqxiz0BFA7yI5JJWvvJLM+indM=; b=IJb4BY+qA4N+eeTTaCAg597Mzkh0k8GoSBkzY8l/YhdMHxSGIh/ROMamMrsbfkVDUn axg73Zz9GTllDIQRBUpRaFyTaJFUfKO7/QPI0Z/O4nTM5Hk00Lgu0VMEFl57rd4yauSz fiuaHWMsbjbyTe5KsjskCzLqvty72eZJOMMCM9KC1EFA+WESIJjCZLPy1NE20Ndq73Qt GCCjrVuLNSAtszk1GtbcdkkF49/ffRoar92/DUad9lPwpNxmNLU0dnzXPYSDfLPIFbVB qpHmbFYZTWido84tVfaDGMHvENlJRBvea0iubs3mjhg2v8a6kUKu4XDKVlzAkylBnVLU OJ8w== X-Received: by 10.194.216.39 with SMTP id on7mr13359006wjc.4.1370172095920; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 04:21:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (87-194-105-247.bethere.co.uk. [87.194.105.247]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id cw8sm15888312wib.7.2013.06.02.04.21.34 for (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 02 Jun 2013 04:21:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 12:21:32 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: define more partitions in freebsd Message-ID: <20130602122132.7543a34f@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: References: <87y5atg73c.fsf@oak.localnet> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:21:37 -0000 On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 11:35:58 +0430 s m wrote: > thanks guys, > > i understand another solution is GPT partitioning. but i prefer to > have more partitions in traditional freebsd (with MBR table i think). > using GPT is the last solution for me. > > i should create more than 8 partitions with gpart command (flag n > which identifies entries) but i have errors when using it. is there > any special option which should be included in kernel in order to use > gpart with flag n? any one test it before? IIRC it's possible to label traditional BSD partitions recursively allowing an unlimited number e.g. if you relabel ad0S1f you can have ad0S1fa, ad0S1fb etc