Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:49:35 +0000 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8 partitions maximum Message-ID: <AANLkTikdNwNZ=vMi6jp-9o2OcXQaeAT6f6RNVmYF8T=C@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikrWwS%2B08ERB5xHRLb3gXj6=Y_GdVTNGVvx__=T@mail.gmail.com> References: <4CF5624F.4020901@gmail.com> <20101130221550.2cf6d726@davenulle.org> <AANLkTikrWwS%2B08ERB5xHRLb3gXj6=Y_GdVTNGVvx__=T@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/30/10, David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/11/30 Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>: >> Le Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:45:03 +0100, >> David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> a ecrit : >> >>> Hello, >> >> Hello, >> >>> We all know that we can only have 8 ufs partitions in one freebsd >>> slice. Since OpenBSD and NetBSD can support at most 32 partitions >>> iirc. >>> >>> I wonder why FreeBSD still lacks more ufs partitions in one slice? >>> >>> Is there any plan to grow up max partitions or every work is >>> dedicated to ZFS? >> >> hmmm, isn't already done in 8.X ? >> from what's cooking for FreeBSD 8.0 >> http://ivoras.sharanet.org/freebsd/freebsd8.html >> << >> bsdlabel gets extended to 26 partitions >> >> Status: Committed to -CURRENT >> Will appear in 8.0: sure >> Author: Marcel Moolenaar >> Web: commit message >> >> bsdlabel is (finally!) extended to support more than 8 partitions. The >> new limit of 26 partitions comes from the number of lower-case letters. >> >> To make use of this change, GEOM_PART needs to be used instead of >> GEOM_BSD (this is default in 8.0 but will not work with older kernels). >> >> >> > > I don't have GEOM_PART in my kernel, but if you said it's default it > should be pulled in. > >> Regards. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > But why : > > # /dev/md2s1: > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > a: 10m 16 4.2BSD 0 0 > b: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > d: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > e: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > f: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > g: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > h: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > i: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > j: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > k: 10m * 4.2BSD 0 0 > > c: 2047973 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't > edit > > line 11: partition name out of range a-h: i > line 12: partition name out of range a-h: j > line 13: partition name out of range a-h: k > re-edit the label? [y]: > > I'm on 8.1-RELEASE. To make use of such feature you need to recreate table with gpart(8). bsdlabel is not going to work.
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