Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 14:44:35 -0400 From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD start slices at head boundaries? Message-ID: <CAHzLAVH8hZ%2B=EXgUgihrAJ1EwtXvVZ1fgQcV6moDDitPYz2bRg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120706202558.2a6d7e42.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CAHzLAVE0CahZhkKzU5=bLy5AvKsq_qgmqwAiO9BhWD3k1_uFvQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207061842370.5024@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4FF71637.9030206@d3photography.com> <20471.8240.321332.987229@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4FF724AF.9090602@ose.nl> <20120706202558.2a6d7e42.freebsd@edvax.de>
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[snip] >> I think Ryan means partition and not slice? >> I would not recommend no slices at all, It's deprecated to use >> "dangerously dedicated disks" > > First of all, it's "dedicated disks", there's nothing dangerous > related. :-) > > If you are using the MBR approach ("old way"), you can do > either creating a "DOS primary partition", a slice, which > then will contain your partitions: a swap partition and > one or more UFS partitions. So you have ad0s1a, ad0s1b > and so on. > > When you omit the slice and create the partitions on the "bare > disk", you have a dedicated layout. FreeBSD will run with > it without any problem. It _may_ be possible that some > systems like "Windows" have trouble with this approach, > but if you're going to use FreeBSD only on that disk, there > is no danger, no problem. You have ad0a, ad0b and so on. > > If you are using the GPT approach ("new way"), you create > partitions using a different tool set, setting them to be > a file system or a swap partition. You end up in ad0p1, > ad0p2 and so on. Note that those aren't "DOS primary > partitions" anymore, outdated systems may not properly > recognize them. > > If you label your partitions (you can do that with both > approaches), you don't need to deal with device names at > all. Thanks for this explanation. Is there any performance advantage to using a "dedicated disk" layout over the old way of creating a slice and having your partitions within it? [snip] > To OP: > > If you omit the slice and just create two partitions (one for > FS and one for swap), FreeBSD will use this fine. Just make > sure to set the boot parameters properly. Or simply use the > GPT-related tools, so you don't have to deal with the question > at all. Thanks again for the concise explanation.
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