From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 8 20:52:57 2009 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 C38D610656AD for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:52:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f209.google.com (mail-fx0-f209.google.com [209.85.220.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497408FC16 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:52:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm2 with SMTP id 2so3429950fxm.13 for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:52:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=BYGHjVlGbm1rK7HBSowK0C2RVzICpQCnHRVN9R2ICm4=; b=rAeQ9HXxyG8jVf4SNRe+u9C2yuTrsbv0ZTyeAt9zGBMBPRYSozPZAVlONd+tn/Vj0A YZXX4l2lFNJSvtVDMe6fV6bAGQAEwVxQbjbXI2RDvJZZzfBeui5fZIoT3WFWHTot784X eZO9E+jhfMMi0e1jWmawzETmIFYAAHtndIQgw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=RixgfexxJF1xZaQ//IC4e1wewRSp0ld2zC18bgdrlUaDoaYVRQumbecRTNXuKRv+tR La7AsBFJBEVQ8CC6B0eyMPgOuaMzXdvwNGX06ubcrn9DIYliOyRzHN5wfVn/l2wQkBLr WPRwbvExIr5eUeQ3nIrXQL+2ykg7jqTtwEmVc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.139.133 with SMTP id t5mr931933hbt.91.1260305572723; Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:52:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20091208210402.ad3ba281.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D44A@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20091208195424.850e8363.freebsd@edvax.de> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D498@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20091208202749.d3f3b697.freebsd@edvax.de> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D4C3@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20091208210402.ad3ba281.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:52:52 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Peter Steele , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: How do I create large partitions in FreeBSD? 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, 08 Dec 2009 20:52:57 -0000 2009/12/8 Polytropon > On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:43:41 -0600, Peter Steele > wrote: > > Yes, I know what a BSD slice is compared to a BSD partition. > > Considering that fdisk uses "partition" interchangeably in > > cases with "slice", I often do as well. I guess it can be > > confusing if one isn't careful with context. > > You're right - fdisk uses different terminology. > > > > > We already have a configuration in place on our smaller 1U > > boxes which are divided into three slices, one for the OS > > (with 2 partitions), one for swap, and the third slice for > > data. The third slice is divided into two partitions, one > > UFS and one raw. The first two slices are gmirrored, the > > third slice is not. > > Okay, now I understand. It's much more complex than it seemed > from your initial statement. :-) > > What you want in the end is e. g. > /dev/da1s1a = / > /dev/da1s1d = /usr (or maybe /usr/local) > /dev/da1s2b = swap > /dev/da1s3d = /bigstorage (or something similar) > /dev/da1s3e = raw > > > > > For consistency we want to use the same slice configuration > > for these large drives. We don't *have* to do it this way > > but it simplifies things for our legacy code. We're not > > using any gmirroring on these raid boxes of course, and we > > only need one partition on the third slice (no raw partition) > > but otherwise the layout will largely be the same. > > Then it looks to me that using gpt / gpart is the way to go... > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > 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" > stay away from dangerously dedicated it seems as though they are being phased out