Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:23:20 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more than 7 partitions on a SCSI-drive Message-ID: <20070122222320.GA30161@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <ep326n$1sp9$3@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <ep0jcf$1meb$10@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <a969fbd10701211254ha01cb66q4ca4fe474c0dfdb@mail.gmail.com> <45B3E0D0.70005@u.washington.edu> <17844.85.335537.317957@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20070122134235.GB1382@polands.org> <ep326n$1sp9$3@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net>
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:10:15PM +0100, Christian Baer wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:42:36 -0600 Doug Poland wrote: > > > # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# > > /dev/da0s1b none swap sw 0 0 > > /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > ^^^^^^ > > Where did you get to create slices. When I installed this system (Sun > U60) sysinstall didn't offer the possibility of creating a slice at all. > The only devices of this sort that I can create are da0x and da1x - no 's'! > > Is this due to the SPARC64 plattform or did I miss something? It is almost certainly due to your platform. Slices (aka partitions in MS-DOS) are pretty much specific to the IBM PC (and derivatives thereof.) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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