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Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:33:04 +0000 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 20:32:58 +0200 From: Javier To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Paritioning scheme on MBR disk doubts Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.4.3 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-mingw32) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TMN: [rjTnA/A//2V9APJm65lE2GgBRRiXphU3] X-ClientProxiedBy: MR1P264CA0031.FRAP264.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (2603:10a6:501:2f::18) To MW4PR01MB6401.prod.exchangelabs.com (2603:10b6:303:67::11) X-Microsoft-Original-Message-ID: <20210826203258.6a09e3facfc26b2583742abe@outlook.es> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MS-Exchange-MessageSentRepresentingType: 1 Received: from localhost (62.57.107.98) by MR1P264CA0031.FRAP264.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM (2603:10a6:501:2f::18) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_0, cipher=TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA) id 15.20.4457.18 via Frontend Transport; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:33:03 +0000 X-MS-PublicTrafficType: Email X-MS-Office365-Filtering-Correlation-Id: 55bfd19e-1e49-40d1-23e9-08d968bff122 X-MS-TrafficTypeDiagnostic: MW4PR01MB6356: X-Microsoft-Antispam: BCL:0; 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I'm more interested in the *allowed* options, as the way FreeBSD does things breaks *my* traditional MBR disk disposal and/or understanding of space usage on a MBR partitioned disk, where I have 1-3 primary part..., sorry, slices ;), and loads (and when I mean loads, I mean a few) of logical in an extended slice. And, so, I want to be sure what is allowed given the questions I made. If I'm correct in my assumption with the 3rd case shown, or totally wrong. Then, I could get a broader idea of what to do when I decide to install on a physical disk (first I'll try on VM, and before waste the time in a VM, better ask). Hacking the intaller is way, waaaaay beyond my knowledge to do things and without understanding the basics, worse. I could do all automatic, but I'm those that prefer to do manually knowing what I'm doing. Or at least, what is happening in the background. I think, somehow, this could be better explained at the beginning of the installation in the HandBook. Regards.