Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:53:59 -0700 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: define more partitions in freebsd Message-ID: <87y5atg73c.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <CAA_1SgHpcfWmS-CgE1WfQj4GLop9Wgeg__v2tzVbCj8pyt=qiA@mail.gmail.com> (s. m.'s message of "Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:10:32 %2B0430") References: <CAA_1SgHpcfWmS-CgE1WfQj4GLop9Wgeg__v2tzVbCj8pyt=qiA@mail.gmail.com>
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s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com> 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
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