From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 30 21:49:38 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A48BB106564A for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:49:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 374008FC0C for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:49:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so1969781wwf.31 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:49:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ctJrMHlk3EuFxYVqBqnmNZPYbD5WZZNOZSkN8Ay88LY=; b=AtP7Q4jSwTAaB6OJHdajxISG+O3L1WyeMRdmTMumkLdrUqDLbyBTWC4ApMkpDD2smN /c8M6wY/jL4vcUjaGCNhFTxPc9E1BKyX+lNjgmdgpvwKmueA3yl2bxhXsG79IvvBymES fTItwOhT7S+DTDVjbPpU51ye1g4nTnLZ74zz4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=BJuIbuEocEjp4PqyzUxdWGr8Tjp0oQQTSaFWZeb0ObmK/UpUQV3bGI7zaFq6cMJs2M JbMp9wEIPohI9GosEogGEMEXltXxsmh0WHZLfw4OBPTm0/4Grmm6lgL3m+y9IKFXFihJ YqirSEg8BRqVCO89kS3P10jyv/LIsJKlHz1n0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.164.194 with SMTP id c44mr7589945wel.107.1291153775478; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:49:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.234.82 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:49:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4CF5624F.4020901@gmail.com> <20101130221550.2cf6d726@davenulle.org> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:49:35 +0000 Message-ID: From: Paul B Mahol To: David DEMELIER Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Patrick Lamaiziere , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8 partitions maximum X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:49:38 -0000 On 11/30/10, David DEMELIER wrote: > 2010/11/30 Patrick Lamaiziere : >> Le Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:45:03 +0100, >> David Demelier a ecrit : >> >>> Hello, >> >> Hello, >> >>> We all know that we can only have 8 ufs partitions in one freebsd >>> slice. Since OpenBSD and NetBSD can support at most 32 partitions >>> iirc. >>> >>> I wonder why FreeBSD still lacks more ufs partitions in one slice? >>> >>> Is there any plan to grow up max partitions or every work is >>> dedicated to ZFS? >> >> hmmm, isn't already done in 8.X ? >> from what's cooking for FreeBSD 8.0 >> http://ivoras.sharanet.org/freebsd/freebsd8.html >> << >> bsdlabel gets extended to 26 partitions >> >> Status: Committed to -CURRENT >> Will appear in 8.0: sure >> Author: Marcel Moolenaar >> Web: commit message >> >> bsdlabel is (finally!) extended to support more than 8 partitions. The >> new limit of 26 partitions comes from the number of lower-case letters. >> >> To make use of this change, GEOM_PART needs to be used instead of >> GEOM_BSD (this is default in 8.0 but will not work with older kernels). >> >> >> > > I don't have GEOM_PART in my kernel, but if you said it's default it > should be pulled in. > >> Regards. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > But why : > > # /dev/md2s1: > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > a: 10m 16 4.2BSD 0 0 > b: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > d: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > e: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > f: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > g: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > h: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > i: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > j: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > k: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > > c: 2047973 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't > edit > > line 11: partition name out of range a-h: i > line 12: partition name out of range a-h: j > line 13: partition name out of range a-h: k > re-edit the label? [y]: > > I'm on 8.1-RELEASE. To make use of such feature you need to recreate table with gpart(8). bsdlabel is not going to work.