Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:05:51 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd@KIWI-Computer.com>, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removal of Disklabel Message-ID: <14874.54687.892854.894715@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpn1etf7st.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <200011201458.IAA44992@KIWI-Computer.com> <xzpn1etf7st.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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> FreeBSD <freebsd@KIWI-Computer.com> writes: > > The problem with the fdisk slices is that there is only room for 4 ... > > disklabel gives us 8, no wait.. 6 if you have a swap and 5 if you don't. > > Six (a, d, e, f, g, h) plus swap (b), and there's nothing that says b > has to be a swap partition, so make that seven. There's nothing that > says a swap partition has to be partition b either, BTW. > > Technically, you can use c as well, but that's playing with fire. I think 'c' is reserved to be the disk. If nothing else, it *must* start at the beginning of the disk. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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