From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 2 07:05:59 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0C32E9 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 07:05:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam.gh1986@gmail.com) Received: from mail-la0-x22b.google.com (mail-la0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::22b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 574F719D8 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 07:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f43.google.com with SMTP id gw10so81380lab.2 for ; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:05:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=i7SUUJRZmzgz5HluTV5aMCyluwx9JZKEsK6jOsNH4Hc=; b=co6LQ0+Ez1XungjbROkiW1qc5eDb1onRIcmQrrJu6+gNq0+E5VKHVRhbYisCaGx5/l gruXwvfMTCyD//MFiq/gPKp8eGEZF+OweEGrPOF9RYo8EVwPVrckdmoOy6ckUQYn8bt8 9NMYYOo8FoE48vWbGBS82JjC0QZqGx7uYFGThPL2DrQFX3ZQtavCbfbx1o1R6/iV9zzW EinTLezCkvHL7xhM4HP7QcQQeevjMXlEOSZfdLg8PBilmVCwrjv9OpJhcJ8PL4f5p/LE TRX0MlzF4XnRurG7W1JLbHfjASPxQLVyBpv+w/hLXeOpy5YsiMFuypzO//bv0TCB9wNR DJEg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.20.106 with SMTP id m10mr8836264lae.13.1370156758075; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:05:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.218.8 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 00:05:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87y5atg73c.fsf@oak.localnet> References: <87y5atg73c.fsf@oak.localnet> Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 11:35:58 +0430 Message-ID: Subject: Re: define more partitions in freebsd From: s m To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 07:05:59 -0000 thanks guys, i understand another solution is GPT partitioning. but i prefer to have more partitions in traditional freebsd (with MBR table i think). using GPT is the last solution for me. i should create more than 8 partitions with gpart command (flag n which identifies entries) but i have errors when using it. is there any special option which should be included in kernel in order to use gpart with flag n? any one test it before? thanks in advance, SAM On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Carl Johnson wrote: > s m writes: > > > hello all > > > > i want to install freebsd8.2 on my system. for some reasons, i need > > partitions more than 6. my freebsd just allow me to define partitions > > from a to h, not any more. > > > > i checked FreeBSD handbook, but it doesn't say anything about defining > > more partitions. > > > > my question is: how can i define more partitions on my freebsd? (for > > example, ad3s1a, ..., ad3s1h, ad3s1i, ad3s1j, ...). > > > > any comments or hints are appreciated. > > SAM > > Others have already commented that GPT labels are better, but I think > that you can have more than 8 partitions. I remember a posting a while > back that the maximum had been increased. You will have to experiment > if you want to do this, but gpart shows an example that uses 20 > partitions: '/sbin/gpart create -s BSD -n 20 ada0s1'. I also don't > know that bsdlabel will handle these, so you definitely should > experiment first. > -- > Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org > _______________________________________________ > 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" >