Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 11:35:58 +0430 From: s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: define more partitions in freebsd Message-ID: <CAA_1SgESNUPyH9-h6o-uij1K6arF4-d8GuS-XW5i3pFyXA0uCg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87y5atg73c.fsf@oak.localnet> References: <CAA_1SgHpcfWmS-CgE1WfQj4GLop9Wgeg__v2tzVbCj8pyt=qiA@mail.gmail.com> <87y5atg73c.fsf@oak.localnet>
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thanks guys, i understand another solution is GPT partitioning. but i prefer to have more partitions in traditional freebsd (with MBR table i think). using GPT is the last solution for me. i should create more than 8 partitions with gpart command (flag n which identifies entries) but i have errors when using it. is there any special option which should be included in kernel in order to use gpart with flag n? any one test it before? thanks in advance, SAM On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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