Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:52:26 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <freebsd@bitfreak.org> To: james r relyea <jrrelay@juno.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 178, Issue 2 -- sysinstall vs BSD Installer Message-ID: <45D7872A.2020600@bitfreak.org> In-Reply-To: <20070217.150920.888.0.jrrelay@juno.com> References: <20070217.150920.888.0.jrrelay@juno.com>
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james r relyea wrote:
> i would appreciate a new freebsd loading scheme more than a replacement
> loader. the main annoyance to me is the requirement that freebsd be
> loaded in a primary partition. i am not familiar with the structure of
> the freebsd partition or what necessitates use of a primary partition.
> what i would like could require an overhall of freebsd; however, the
> few linux variations i have tested allow the linux system to be loaded in
> any partition whether primary or extended.
Why bother with DOS Extended partitions? The functionality already
exists in FreeBSD in the form of nested disk labels. For example:
# gpt show /dev/da0s1h
start size index contents
...
34 2097152 1 GPT part - FreeBSD UFS/UFS2
2097186 8388608 2 GPT part - FreeBSD UFS/UFS2
...
# ls /dev/da0s1h*
/dev/da0s1h /dev/da0s1hp1 /dev/da0s1hp2
# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
...
/dev/da0s1hp1 1012974 870852 61086 93% /opt/scratch1
/dev/da0s1hp2 4058062 361276 3372142 10% /opt/pkg_build
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