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Subject: Re: Partitioning a big hard disk
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:27, Karsten Fuhrmann wrote:
> Hello, i am trying to partition my 1.6TB scsi raid.
> The problem is that disklabel only support up to 8 partitions but i wan=
t
> more (about 30).
>
> Is there any way to do this ?
>

I've never had anything to do with hardware raid but if it is seen
as a disk partitionable with disklabel I would expect that you could lay=20
vinum on top and create 'n' vinum volumes each of a single plex and subdi=
sk.=20
I don't know what limits there are on 'n'.

Malcolm Kay. =20