Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:09:42 +0200 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <current@schmalzbauer.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Subject: Re: More than 8 labels per slice Message-ID: <200404271409.43620.current@schmalzbauer.de> In-Reply-To: <20040427114531.1d9c5632@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <200404270906.54407.current@schmalzbauer.de> <20040427114531.1d9c5632@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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Am Dienstag, 27. April 2004 11:45 schrieb Alexander Leidinger: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:06:43 +0200 > > Harald Schmalzbauer <current@schmalzbauer.de> wrote: > > Dear coders, > > > > is there any chance that FreeBSD can adopt the OpenBSD changes reagrding > > UFS labels? I'm using one label per jail and this old 8 label limit > > forces me to use different slices which sometimes, when I have to change > > label sizes, is a big handicap. > > Having 16 labels would improove the jail-handling greatly IMHO. Having 32 > > labels (like I think NetBSD) was even greater, but lifting the 8 label > > limit would suffice I think. > > Use vinum in the mean time. There you can have more than 32 partitions > on one disk. Thanks for the hint, sounds good, but I'm not familar with vinum. And for those who have the knwoledge and the time to read that question: What about the hassle about vinum and GEOM? Is vinum yet reliable? I tired it a view times (for R5) long time ago and had no success. Thanks, -Harry P.S: Sorry for the recent duplicate post, I had used the not subscribed sender address and didN#t know whe a moderator will pass that message. > > Bye, > Alexander.
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