From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 1 14:38:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 714AA3DB for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:38:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A9EA1FB for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-136-185.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.136.185]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DED1C3CD98; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 16:38:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id r51EcWIG001971; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 16:38:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 16:38:32 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Warren Block Subject: Re: define more partitions in freebsd Message-Id: <20130601163832.d5951154.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20130601092111.8c1ad1c0.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: s m , freebsd-questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:38:31 -0000 On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 07:10:03 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 1 Jun 2013, Polytropon wrote: > > On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:10:32 +0430, s m wrote: > > > >> my question is: how can i define more partitions on my freebsd? (for > >> example, ad3s1a, ..., ad3s1h, ad3s1i, ad3s1j, ...). > > > > You cannot. You need to use the GPT partitioning approach > > and repartition your disk. With gpart, you can create more > > than 'h' partitions, but the partitions will have different > > names, such as ad3s1p1, ad3s1p2, ..., ad3s1p10, ad3s1p11, ... > > and so on. > > GPT partitioning is a replacement for MBR partitioning, and will > generally look like ad3p1, ad3p2, and so on. Sorry for my inaccuracy: Of course the slicing part as well as the BSD partitions are _both_ replaced by GPT partition numbers. > Use of gpart to set up a disk is shown here: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html That article should be on the top of each list regarding disk partitioning on FreeBSD, maybe something comparable could be added to the Handbook? > The FreeBSD 9.x installer, bsdinstall, uses GPT partitioning by default. > The older sysinstall that is used on FreeBSD 8 does not, and probably > has no native way to use GPT. As far as I know: no. You have to use the common CLI tools if you want to install FreeBSD 8 on a GPT system (but it's easily possible). > The partitions would have to be set up > manually from a shell before running the installer, and then manually > entered in the installer. With the precaution of _not_ to vary existing partitions. However, I don't know how the installer will handle the non-MBR partitions (probably comparable to dedicated partitions?), I've never tried that. (Even for dedicated layout, I personally tend to use CLI only, without using sysinstall or sade). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...