From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 1 15:54:03 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 A111E415 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:54:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from mail-pb0-x234.google.com (mail-pb0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C285F1 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 15:54:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f52.google.com with SMTP id xa12so3724142pbc.11 for ; Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:54:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-authentication-warning:from:to:subject:references :mail-followup-to:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=o73r/TPXCpWbKu0mf0FLu868rDFPTbpcVvhMr9Xk46o=; b=ghe7GVsQngtTYKB45R2AiFby+MN0z25/wHKQao/p8kMYkbFOsqiR31Nyksqid6JGQO 3jPua8gwWUKp8+rh8TwnBRlRbxX+FO3URHP+LTJ4UoxWCfcwH77r9pS+wpcMU4bA3sFM 3CwOz1oisNKWCqrPiJF/EpQ3if6EZEXpq1fLbdVNSNxlQxft8gqEGx1CzgKc9l3NGi8z cbfhUQj60xJlhGEqj5gcAXiL8wTDUpmjKPQL1sL4Id0+kTNgEJG0rlHMgxr4bY8ho4ut ixofmZpORiJvH+m7M//020LRXGz9aiMHM4xQ5NZ+B0iceplxzeS8xtvJkWM98SPSafAj fPOQ== X-Received: by 10.66.121.132 with SMTP id lk4mr18591404pab.1.1370102042770; Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:54:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bonsai.localnet ([207.55.107.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id k3sm2132708pbc.23.2013.06.01.08.54.01 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:54:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [192.168.193.34]) by bonsai.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5A223D5B4 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 08:53:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9893DCB44 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 08:53:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id r51Frxfl045053; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 08:53:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: define more partitions in freebsd References: Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:53:59 -0700 In-Reply-To: (s. m.'s message of "Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:10:32 +0430") Message-ID: <87y5atg73c.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkqBbtnB3PVab8YuKedhaaBbanDZ/nEuRlRdSEo2lCCItbw3ani+u3l32LFbfuh8LiKMndY X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:54:03 -0000 s m writes: > hello all > > i want to install freebsd8.2 on my system. for some reasons, i need > partitions more than 6. my freebsd just allow me to define partitions > from a to h, not any more. > > i checked FreeBSD handbook, but it doesn't say anything about defining > more partitions. > > my question is: how can i define more partitions on my freebsd? (for > example, ad3s1a, ..., ad3s1h, ad3s1i, ad3s1j, ...). > > any comments or hints are appreciated. > SAM Others have already commented that GPT labels are better, but I think that you can have more than 8 partitions. I remember a posting a while back that the maximum had been increased. You will have to experiment if you want to do this, but gpart shows an example that uses 20 partitions: '/sbin/gpart create -s BSD -n 20 ada0s1'. I also don't know that bsdlabel will handle these, so you definitely should experiment first. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org