From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 20 19:36:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A771065670 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:36:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A3F28FC08 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:36:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn33 with SMTP id 33so6808028iwn.13 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:36:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; bh=os6dfceRbVntd/aBMReZkrMjmk94es1KS6gM2amjMNI=; b=mOeDVSTWiOaAPKAJLd2filcJWhUZss4R3mJd8EgP9bmatddGQQjXfkPuAa7PecI/Z0 9ceeZah4SZiBMsUqYfAmNfEGuKg6rIwcODWyK0nuj28NjhBhTpEHigHd+I/hQHLXeIdk R1wbo6Avxvq5CIyIoDeOQhLWj+PzIN0nZ1fQ8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=nZ4PSN8OuhataeODDzgFr9xukuzPMFUWzg50OpUqTSXf/nJYlSO8dXYabyCgLrppZS 7KBgiol3I4Ot2AS/BQ8wwz5ayI9xSJMcfDSBSGTqgGQ2sr6pHVOkaEKKxPM0Y0t7cMOH AV+KwSGpRi7Okswjkq8vTO5aKfRPJdjMEWLbo= Received: by 10.42.146.197 with SMTP id k5mr5552715icv.140.1300649768922; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from triad.knownspace (216-15-41-8.c3-0.gth-ubr1.lnh-gth.md.cable.rcn.com [216.15.41.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm3166166iba.38.2011.03.20.12.36.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:36:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <78143EEB-09F8-4E76-AD25-F90F7B2F7993@gmail.com> From: Justin Hibbits To: Torfinn Ingolfsen In-Reply-To: <20110320203235.b8294b8d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:36:06 -0400 References: <20110320113233.86992c04.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <0EF02E68-7815-46D4-974F-DB82E01572B7@gmail.com> <20110320192020.9273e00d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20110320203235.b8294b8d.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: resize a FreeBSD slice on a hard drive in a PPC Mac? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:36:09 -0000 On Mar 20, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:20:20 +0100 > Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > >> On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:20:37 -0400 >> Justin Hibbits wrote: >>> Be careful, by default APM will only support 8 partitions. So if >>> you >>> need more than 8 in total you'll need to start over. >> >> Really? I didn't know that. Thanks! > > This[1] references seems to indicate that APm should support as many > partitions as one would > want: "APM can describe as many partitions as required, whereas DOS > is limited to 4 primary partitions." > Which way is correct? > References: > 1) http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.23/23.03/APMtoGPT/index.html > -- > Torfinn It can, but from my experience, it only does it in groups of 8, and is statically allocated. It doesn't support allocating more partitions dynamically like the extended partition table with MBR, so you have to decide how many up front you want. - Justin