Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:29:38 +0200 From: Joerg Pernfuss <elessar@bsdforen.de> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How many Labels/partitions are permitted? Message-ID: <20061020022938.709fda55@loki.starkstrom.lan> In-Reply-To: <20061020000630.GK96445@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <fda61bb50610191629j5bdf49derb4d6d2b98790b280@mail.gmail.com> <20061020014835.6d6280dd@loki.starkstrom.lan> <20061020000630.GK96445@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:36:30 +0930 Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > a-h are possible, yes, but b is usually used for swap and c is > > reserved "for internal use". > > Specifically, it represents the entire partition. Yes, of course. But "stay away from it, internal use only, creates bad breath and kills your firstborn child" tends to get the point across faster :) There is enough time to delve into the depths of disklabels later on. > > - create two slices on the disk, giving you *s1[adefgh] and > > *s2[adefgh] to work with > > This is the cleanest method, if you really have to create that many > partitions. By far. I should have pointed that out more clearly, thanks. Joerg -- | /"\ 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. | [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFOBhyH31s/bvKrSQRAjz9AJ9G+0BHiv14JAw/wE2zAtFVn9JCxQCcCmQ9 xyJn/zRJzS2ZPYVDlMMQMTc= =zqqc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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