Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 10:13:51 -0800 (PST) From: sdn@slip.net To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: conf/10330: I can't create a 5th fdisk partition; I want to use the rest of my disk. Message-ID: <19990301181351.4D40E1543E@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 10330 >Category: conf >Synopsis: I can't create a 5th fdisk partition; I want to use the rest of my disk. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 1 10:20:00 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Steve Davidson >Release: 2.2.8-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE >Description: When I run /stand/sysinstall, and go to the FDISK Partition Editor, I try to create a 5th partition on unallocated space. I get an 'X' under "Name" instead of a device, even though I have created the appropriate device: /dev/wd0s5 (with correct major/minor numbers). I'd like to use this unallocated space but it appears that there is a limitation of 4 FDISK partitions. >How-To-Repeat: Go to the FDISK Partition Editor and try to create five partitions. >Fix: I guess a simple change to the partition editor to allow the user to place a device name in the "Name" column would help. Or, the system could guess the next logical device; it's obvious that you use the next number in sequence. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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