From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 28 00:21:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA00112 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:21:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA00107 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 00:21:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id JAA25648 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:21:03 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.4/8.6.9) id JAA15436; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:04:40 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:04:40 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk headache References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL10 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: ; from Simon Shapiro on Jan 27, 1997 14:27:12 -0800 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Simon Shapiro wrote: > > Why are you using fdisk at all? You are running Unix, you aren't > > running on a PC, you are not supposed to use fdisk (unless other > > systems on your disk force you to this step). > > Slow down.... The gentleman has a valid point, methinks. If not, ...well, and you've cut my smiley. ;-) > please show me how to build 120 filesystems on a disk that is 750GB > large. Impossible/stupid numbers? not really when considering a large > disk array with a very large database. _You_ have a valid point with this, but Jean-Marc didn't -- he wants to use a plain 4-partition only system. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)