Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 16:21:47 -0400 From: "David Loszewski" <stealth215@mediaone.net> To: "'Bill Moran'" <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: partitions and slices Message-ID: <001201c143a4$385b9c70$3000b1d8@sickness> In-Reply-To: <3BACC4DD.CB782750@iowna.com>
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Another thing is that I don't think you can create more than 7 partitions on one slice, so if you have a large drive and like to specify how much space goes to specific directories you might need more than 7 partitions in which you'd have to create another slice so you can create another 7 partitions on that slice. If I'm wrong let me know. Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Bill Moran Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 1:06 PM To: Wijnand Wiersma Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; bart@hakkefest.linux-site.net Subject: Re: partitions and slices Wijnand Wiersma wrote: > > a friend of me asked me "why do I have to create slices within a > partition? what's the function of this?" You don't have to. Using "dangerously dedicated" only creates partitions. > what's wrong with partitions > only like linux?" Nothing, unless you want to install other OSes on the disk. BSD partitions are not compatible with DOS and it's relatives. Therefore, if you want the data accessible by other systems, you must create "slices" which equate to DOS partitions, and then you can create BSD partitions within the slices. All my disks are "dangerously dedicated" (because I use nothing but FreeBSD) and there are no slices on them. -Bill -- "Where's the robot to pat you on the back?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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