From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Aug 26 13:36:28 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E4A9669FCF for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:36:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nixlist@outlook.es) Received: from NAM02-DM3-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com (mail-dm3nam07olkn2064.outbound.protection.outlook.com [40.92.43.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.protection.outlook.com", Issuer "DigiCert Cloud Services CA-1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GwP566Nf2z4YYt for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:36:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nixlist@outlook.es) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; s=arcselector9901; d=microsoft.com; cv=none; b=kzr9qt6h3hQZl85nXs8TNTRIJAW68H8jkgadLfGojDr3ee6hAhWoWeGbyhhlfyUKo5z6QOs3KzCmvbq2c+KoB3ApEcg8xZRjp+thwUNQ5vlgcuD21xBT4rD0BoUBkHV5mwsCNZSzMAE28SNqf91tUJbWKI3n/eC/65EDSh4/qIayUf124deHUOVopLCaA98pDHne5fND8w8ka3V40q63w4P/B6p9PThn6MQjVzyjnch1yuCxj9gQ6XqRYNpWExRNggQ3hd7F/8p1wdeREkJiBGjGPTD/K4vq/+vhl3twMXFeg8IMcsr7jMNXCva0+30vP7ocDyZzcekIfS4z9W37QA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=microsoft.com; s=arcselector9901; h=From:Date:Subject:Message-ID:Content-Type:MIME-Version:X-MS-Exchange-SenderADCheck; bh=lamB9SnrFIU5MZsklN2dg1Wc2xnbd6AkwckCoCHbeyc=; b=VPUtqyJggIZFSKPct6js+N9OF+WDRfQu0ejRrJrvedNIN8KstRlwedVqdz1DZcgN5PpR1VzXA4SBDLEfpW3aM1EZ56z30AzNx0VvgdQEETQLTYCS7i7SHw1uxEPbus9fUISRdAmc4YBs5nNFTQq+ko9wpVROHKBpqxy3ghCD4cZII7jWOjbOsWnz8QFiIixDZMhdyNUYpE57NSVW4P28iszNIJ9tJfpcIRFTTOscNckUviZsq4vx2YGt3XfSdyDNbfzUlHzzi+7s4Pa+yRLzICpDTgdEYU0V0Wz+/LwzcKiJEBcZqN0uns3sW+HQzdlztURjepLUEvuodgbVlll2bg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.microsoft.com 1; spf=none; dmarc=none; dkim=none; arc=none Received: from MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com (2603:10b6:303:67::11) by MW4PR01MB6386.prod.exchangelabs.com (2603:10b6:303:76::6) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.4436.19; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:36:19 +0000 Received: from MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com ([fe80::38e7:41ae:51e2:ca58]) by MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com ([fe80::38e7:41ae:51e2:ca58%8]) with mapi id 15.20.4436.027; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:36:19 +0000 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:36:12 +0200 From: Javier To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Paritioning scheme on MBR disk doubts Message-ID: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.3 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-mingw32) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-TMN: [RfP3JtYPP201kPfgfWY/SC2OjoUHAc0e] X-ClientProxiedBy: MR1P264CA0126.FRAP264.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (2603:10a6:501:50::29) To MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com (2603:10b6:303:67::11) X-Microsoft-Original-Message-ID: <20210826153612.215d19d581af535ff51ce6e7@outlook.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MS-Exchange-MessageSentRepresentingType: 1 Received: from localhost (62.57.107.98) by MR1P264CA0126.FRAP264.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (2603:10a6:501:50::29) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_0, cipher=TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA) id 15.20.4457.20 via Frontend Transport; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:36:17 +0000 X-MS-PublicTrafficType: Email X-MS-Office365-Filtering-Correlation-Id: 737ffb81-fe39-4490-f318-08d968967c13 X-MS-TrafficTypeDiagnostic: MW4PR01MB6386: X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0; X-Microsoft-Antispam-Message-Info: 5L3YYS/RV1CICJB6btU/ELjwJDwRY42Th+X1qJr9zQRhk3Ho2KzL3tFgqEEjtYNHCq6vy43CMudfgsZkxKY1HiJh/ns4fMuPfg6YhAvTAvQawEEuwiYyKqK4PWkBHcMKUAYV4Qh5cV5Lg5qHqa+S6/a5PQHFevIFx/YF1NcpmazcJhlmuvpRuZXyEuouKALs4j0XjF2oL3G4/6TInIHvxppaKLoar5XzGeYrZwetQhtINEorNLoPwpRkFRG9Do9xntX75dNrwuNUrCGmWFxvP5eibUyOKizQtDk0q0f4Vahxv+crJI162VmQXsT+R9xFMQA8WSYYUANMEIsBMbN/YhA/nx4wLJ9rMm+nKZtruxwo/cQPkwZeP9GJlPgjm7VHLEJiopig/z0X8yn6Z6TdstlI73168m2qK+fRyHmcVjcQuJhgTIb+4jmalJ+/Yqza X-MS-Exchange-AntiSpam-MessageData-ChunkCount: 1 X-MS-Exchange-AntiSpam-MessageData-0: ygwRHu5HTGH7xNGJ0Ws1rlcdOk0BK1TyEKfpcwSBbn3sVY3wD1q8Ni8irrViP7lVj+IJsh36bI1NPX68lo6yG0XyBNu+a6/cRrLcjvMfDaCcm+/pTl9Uz/IWt8q8fPeqYW5QR7Cv4B0Ja7eJZbVvFA== X-OriginatorOrg: sct-15-20-3174-20-msonline-outlook-48c30.templateTenant X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Network-Message-Id: 737ffb81-fe39-4490-f318-08d968967c13 X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthSource: MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-AuthAs: Internal X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Aug 2021 13:36:19.0241 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-FromEntityHeader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-Id: 84df9e7f-e9f6-40af-b435-aaaaaaaaaaaa X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-RMS-PersistedConsumerOrg: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: MW4PR01MB6386 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4GwP566Nf2z4YYt X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; arc=pass ("microsoft.com:s=arcselector9901:i=1"); dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=outlook.es; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of nixlist@outlook.es designates 40.92.43.64 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=nixlist@outlook.es X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.97 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.99)[-0.990]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[40.92.43.64:from]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[outlook.es]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.990]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; BAD_REP_POLICIES(0.10)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; RBL_VIRUSFREE_BOTNET(2.00)[40.92.43.64:from]; R_SPF_ALLOW(0.00)[+ip4:40.92.0.0/15]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.993]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(0.00)[outlook.es,none]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[40.92.43.64:from]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[outlook.es]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8075, ipnet:40.80.0.0/12, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; ARC_ALLOW(0.00)[microsoft.com:s=arcselector9901:i=1] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:36:28 -0000 Hi, ok, finally, I'm going to dare to ask this (literally, after weeks, no hurry). I felt somehow dumb asking it as it looks quite obvious, but not asking it is a stone in my path before start fiddling with FreeBSD. (please, use monospace font where/if needed to view this mail correctly) I would like to know what is correct as the HandBook mainly talks about GPT today and I think it doesn't cover what I'm in doubt of, or I don't understand as is. Also have some disk basics in one section and others in another, doesn't help, when you haven't installed=20 and you haven reached that section yet. Let me ask in schematic way :) (Questions in the middle) Note: my original idea was to post this on the forum but formatting capabilities... didn't help. Anyway..., sorry the verbosity. I guess we all agree (terminology correctness aside) with the following two examples: -------------- 1) DOS|GNU/Linux MBR +---Primary/Extended* 1 +---Primary/Extended* 2 +---Primary/Extended* 3 +---Primary/Extended* 4 (if Extended) +---Logic 1 +---Logic 2 +---. +---. +---. +---Logic nth -------------- 2) DOS|GNU/Linux + FreeBSD MBR +---Primary/Extended* 1 +---Primary/Extended* 2 +---Primary/Extended* 3 =A6 (if Extended) =A6 +---Logic 1 =A6 +---Logic 2 =A6 +---. =A6 +---. =A6 +---. =A6 +---Logic nth +---FreeBSD 4 (Slice) +---Partition 1 +---Partition 2 +---Partition 3 +---. +---. +---Partition (h/eight/8?) ****** Being the FreeBSD slice on any position of the 4 MBR possible options. Just placed 4th for simplicity in the scheme -------------- Ok, now the third example, where I mixed cases, so some questions in one. Can a whole FreeBSD installation (mountpoints) be spread along multiple slices? Can I have more than h/eight/8 partitions when using more than one slice? If no, why this small limit? Can mountpoints be outside of slices? Specially or specifically, /boot. Can it be on a FAT/32 or ext/2/3/4 file system outside the slices? I understand any other should be inside the FreeBSD slices only. And when I say slices, I don't mean only on one disk, but several too. Might be a dumb question, but better ask to be sure. What is correct and what isn't. -------------- 3) DOS|GNU/Linux + FreeBSD (hypothetical case) MBR +---Primary/Extended* 1 /Boot +---FreeBSD 2 (Slice) =A6 +---Partition 1 /etc =A6 +---Partition 2 /home =A6 +---Partition 3 =A6 +---. =A6 +---. =A6 +---Partition (h/eight/8?) +---Primary/Extended* 3 =A6 (*if Extended and only one) =A6 +---Logic 1 =A6 +---Logic 2 =A6 +---. =A6 +---. =A6 +---. =A6 +---Logic nth +---FreeBSD 4 (Slice) +---Partition 1 / +---Partition 2 +---Partition 3 +---. +---. +---Partition (h/eight/8?) /swap -------------- Despite I ask for MBR scheme, that is my BIOS/Disk system, I guess answers should be applicable to GPT, more or less, with its differences. Thanks, in advance, if I don't reply back, for your answers. Regards.