From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 31 21:43: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from atlas.usls.edu (linux1.usls.edu [202.47.133.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12FE414DDC for ; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:37:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from francis@usls.edu) Received: by atlas.usls.edu (Postfix, from userid 500) id 96684A4D5; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:10:13 +0800 (PHT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by atlas.usls.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 911A47D8F; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:10:13 +0800 (PHT) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:10:13 +0800 (PHT) From: "Francis A. Vidal" To: Greg Lehey Cc: Dave Walton , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rearranging files In-Reply-To: <19990901121431.Y13904@freebie.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > Yes, 8, one of which (the c partition) must represent the entire disk. so that's 8 - 1 = 7 maximum partitions. btw, i have your book -- it's great! helped me a lot in my transition from linux to freebsd. one thing though: the documentation on vinum is not that too detailed. probably a chapter with HOWTOs would be nice :) > > if there is, how do you increase the limit? > > You hack the kernel sources, in the process creating disks that no > normal FreeBSD system will recognize correctly. But, as I said, I > have great doubts that you need even as many partitions as you have. too dirty, i'll just stick with the pristine code. -- francis vidal university of st. la salle, bacolod city, philippines . . . . . . . PGP key available via e-mail / subject: get PGP key u s l s N E T tel. nos. (6334).435.2324 / 433.3526 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message