From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 22:47:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17A6F106570B for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:47:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31B2A8FC14 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:47:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from phenom.cordula.ws (phenom [192.168.254.60]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 195243460C; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:46:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:46:57 +0200 From: cpghost To: "Paul B. Mahol" Message-ID: <20090423224657.GA45129@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <49EF98C6.2060902@virtualhost.nl> <49EFA169.4050903@otenet.gr> <20090423084637.eb58cbe1.freebsd@edvax.de> <49F01208.2080705@otenet.gr> <20090423090727.c3460e7d.freebsd@edvax.de> <49F01C67.30205@otenet.gr> <49F01DD6.6070406@prgmr.com> <20090423204247.GA44182@phenom.cordula.ws> <3a142e750904231510q758770cev768c4e3e2cd80acb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3a142e750904231510q758770cev768c4e3e2cd80acb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, cpghost , Michael David Crawford Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:47:02 -0000 On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:10:50AM +0200, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > On 4/23/09, cpghost wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:50:46AM -0700, Michael David Crawford wrote: > >> The partitioner will allow you to create more partitions than the > >> FreeBSD partition table will allow. Rather than giving it the name of a > >> special file in the /dev/directory, it will name it just "X". You can > >> create as many partitions named "X" as you like. > >> > >> Then the newfs will fail. > >> > >> I experienced this the other day, and have been meaning to file a bug > >> report about it. > > > > Yes, this is a long standing problem. On one or both of {Open,Net}BSD, > > That problem is fixed in 8.0 with introducion of gpart(8) > > > the number of possible partitions per slice is higher. I'd really wish > > FreeBSD's bsdlabel(8) would allow for more partitions. The problem > > here is not with sysinstall though. From bsdlabel(8): Ah, gpart(8), good hint! Not yet familiar with that. Apparently, it's already in 7.x. I have no spare disk right now to give it a try. Would it already support 8+ partitions on RELENG_7, or do we have to wait for 8.0? > Paul Thanks, -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/