From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 11:54:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31FE616A422 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:54:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21A4B43D45 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:54:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Debian-3) with ESMTP id k1OBsGCU004266 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:54:19 +0200 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1OBro5F001586; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:53:50 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k1OBrn9p001585; Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:53:49 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:53:49 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "illoai@gmail.com" Message-ID: <20060224115349.GB1411@flame.pc> References: <20060222.164330.8420.330983@webmail39.nyc.untd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.372, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.83, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "gs_stoller@juno.com" Subject: Re: New Computer System 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: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:54:36 -0000 On 2006-02-23 22:50, "illoai@gmail.com" wrote: >On 2/22/06, gs_stoller@juno.com wrote: >> I bought a new system (it was on sale), it has 180 Gigabytes >> of hard drive. Naturally I want to slice it up, so where can >> I find the documentation on the slice/partition process and >> table. As I recall, I can make 4 hard slices/partitions and >> then I can further break-down 1 (or more of them) to have >> logical slices/partitions. Where can I find documentation on >> the logical slices/partitions and how to use them? Can I boot >> into a ( FreeBSD ) logical slice, and if so, how do I do it? >> (For the 4 hard slices, one uses function keys F1 thru F4 .) >> Has someone already setup the capability of booting into >> logical slices, and if so, where can I get it and its >> documentation? > > From a 40-50 minute excursion into qemu, FreeBSD does not enjoy > linux logical partitions (slices), and I could not get it to > install into one. Sure it does. They just have slice numbers >= 5. You can't boot from a logical slice though. > Jerry McAllister's advice remains sound. True :)