Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 06:05:57 -0700 From: walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GEOM question Message-ID: <3DAC12B5.1080801@hotmail.com> References: <aoedqi$q6v$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <3DAAB913.4010407@hotmail.com>, walt writes: > >>Would the GEOM framework make it feasible to use a DOS-extended/logical >>partition for a BSD filesystem? > We already support that as far as I know, both with and without GEOM Yes! The reason I could never make it work is because of an 'error' in the man page for newfs: "Before running newfs the disk must be labeled using disklabel(8)" Well, disklabel won't work on an extended/logical partition so I never actually got as far as newfs until just now. Turns out that newfs works just great without a disklabel on a logical partition. I just moved the entire ports collection to my brand new 8Gb ufs partition and never went near growfs. I'm very happy! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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