From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 6 15:09:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D164106567C for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 15:09:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34D388FC1D for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 15:09:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbun3 with SMTP id un3so19024403obb.13 for ; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:09:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=ZwGiDpYtMVDWlqKthIJwZl6BEjpbTZdnDzFhlpnd/AM=; b=OOi220ljkFNWK0C9+20MlLbQtiPoOONPc3Oeugys9IbJcOGq4oomQF7W6yaWcgGBZY PurxH8TFOPa6/hvokcsb5I7+YTn0c9W4oLp6FSWJ/OEQejIWtnVXsZ4JjSd+MqL3yDpJ ctjE2AJSmrJTJwD3kxU9KYIH4MCHivRpTUJmA2MbWdyYqqvGay0O6FVY3Rm6Q9Fb7OzW MYpzKwpygDTLo3Ay9QIt13fKlDWXnaTBqkpyysOHmF2ELx3AlOEsX+tNmCIku0fVEHEV et11Wy0U11QkSdi7NnfigZEFZWEYrxyTl5leUYDReLiqCL2IEzaQgO9pkGsv6Gq0+gd7 PRDA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.47.66 with SMTP id b2mr14683468obn.2.1341587349587; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Sender: vrwmiller@gmail.com Received: by 10.182.10.34 with HTTP; Fri, 6 Jul 2012 08:09:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 11:09:09 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wFhMHtIlaqS6FjTOLRqk8eOohIg Message-ID: From: Rick Miller To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Does FreeBSD start slices at head boundaries? 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: Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:09:10 -0000 Hi All, Installing FreeBSD 8.x I select "A" at the fdisk partition editor to use the entire disk. It creates an unused slice with offset 0 and 63 sectors in size. Then partition 1 starts at sector 63 and utilizes the remaining disk space. Does sysinstall's diskPartitonEditor macro automatically start partitions at head boundaries? The reason I ask is because I am most familiar with sector 64 being the start of a head boundary as opposed to 63. Is my understanding incorrect? -- Take care Rick Miller