From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 19:41:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EF9F106567A for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:41:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout012.mac.com (asmtpout012.mac.com [17.148.16.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A318FC21 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:41:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.227.140.124]) by asmtp012.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.03 (built Aug 7 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0K7N0077CYONRB30@asmtp012.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:41:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-id: <9A823D00-FF58-42E9-BF8B-81A890FC68F5@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: "B. Cook" In-reply-to: <8995AD16-46C2-4E97-A821-92B501FC65AC@poughkeepsieschools.org> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:41:11 -0700 References: <8995AD16-46C2-4E97-A821-92B501FC65AC@poughkeepsieschools.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quick slice question.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:41:17 -0000 On Sep 23, 2008, at 12:33 PM, B. Cook wrote: > I have slices a, d, e, f, g, and h.. I wouldn't be able to get one > more would I? Not safely, no-- you should leave b for swap and c for the whole partition. Speaking of which, if you've got unallocated disk space available, you can create another FreeBSD partition, and create another 6 slices in that (ie, you're using something like ad0s1X, create ad0s2 and slices inside of that...) Regards, -- -Chuck