From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 20 15:29:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA19019 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 15:29:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA19007 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 15:29:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.8.8/frmug-2.1/nospam) with UUCP id AAA03508 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:29:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.8/keltia-2.13/nospam) id AAA03705; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:20:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto) Message-ID: <19971121002001.09565@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:20:01 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NBQ: Why partitioning? (was: Re: Partitioning suggestions?) References: <199711180019.TAA01983@dyson.iquest.net> <199711180202.VAA04479@luomat.peak.org> <19971117192532.37475@micron.mini.net> <19971119193141.NY02422@uriah.heep.sax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <19971119193141.NY02422@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Wed, Nov 19, 1997 at 07:31:41PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3818 AMD-K6 MMX @ 208 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to J Wunsch: > I wished we would support 16 partition slots at least as an > alternative to the backwards-compatible 8 slot model. Why not using a second FreeBSD slice ? I think it should work. I've tried it but intend to on my new 4.3 GB drive. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #49: Sat Nov 15 20:03:33 CET 1997