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Date:      Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:29:00 +0930
From:      Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
To:        Karsten Fuhrmann <karsten_fuhrmann@cartoon-film.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Partitioning a big hard disk
Message-ID:  <200306201925.52566.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
In-Reply-To: <3EF2BE55.6010805@cartoon-film.de>
References:  <3EF2BE55.6010805@cartoon-film.de>

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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



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