Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:48:35 +0200 From: Joerg Pernfuss <elessar@bsdforen.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How many Labels/partitions are permitted? Message-ID: <20061020014835.6d6280dd@loki.starkstrom.lan> In-Reply-To: <fda61bb50610191629j5bdf49derb4d6d2b98790b280@mail.gmail.com> References: <fda61bb50610191629j5bdf49derb4d6d2b98790b280@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_nlbW4rNmuxP/K6VZg5HM9jB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:29:07 -0300 Agus <agus.262@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. I was reading the installation of freebsd and get that only > partitions, sorry, labels a to h are allowed. is this so? >=20 > So if i want to have the following scheme: > / > /home > /usr > /usr/local > /tmp > /var > /var/log > /homeb a-h are possible, yes, but b is usually used for swap and c is reserved "for internal use". You shouldn't change it unless you need a reliable way to lose data, in which case it can be quite handy. That leaves you a,d,e,f,g and h. Basically, now you have 4 options: - rework your partiotion sheme to work with these limits - create two slices on the disk, giving you *s1[adefgh] and *s2[adefgh] to work with - nest the disklabels (aparently possible). You'll end up with (for example) da0[adefg] and da0h[adefgh]. Yes, this is ugly. - try using gpt partitions (you can't boot from them afaik and there might be more limitations, i don't know) Joerg --=20 | /"\ ASCII ribbon | GnuPG Key ID | e86d b753 3deb e749 6c3a | | \ / campaign against | 0xbbcaad24 | 5706 1f7d 6cfd bbca ad24 | | X HTML in email | .the next sentence is true. | | / \ and news | .the previous sentence was a lie. | --Sig_nlbW4rNmuxP/K6VZg5HM9jB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFOA7TH31s/bvKrSQRAghjAJ4rR/VNIDaH1NQdMjAPh0kgrWWugwCdGKaG 88X1iuZkYOrGAJAXW6ryYV8= =7Hse -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_nlbW4rNmuxP/K6VZg5HM9jB--
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