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From: Jeffrey Katz <off@panix.com>
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I have hit the limit of 8 disklabels per slice.  Supposedly, one can 
create lables within a label, thus overcoming this limit.  I googled 
everything but could only find references to gpt-- nothing about nested 
labels or partitions.  Can anyone detail the steps involved in setting up 
nested labels or partitions?

P.S.  I am a BSD newbie, coming to BSD from Linux.

Jeffrey Owen Katz, Ph.D.