From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 1 12:38:31 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92C566EA for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 12:38:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6724@bellsouth.net) Received: from nm5.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com (nm5.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.94.237.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 388F0E79 for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2013 12:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [66.94.237.194] by nm5.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jun 2013 12:36:13 -0000 Received: from [98.139.221.52] by tm5.access.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jun 2013 12:36:13 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp105.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 01 Jun 2013 12:36:13 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s1024; t=1370090173; bh=3GWvK46TU1PNRTZhdMPRpCO6MK4sRKfByHBmhTOMwCU=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:Message-ID:Date:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:From:To:References:Subject; b=WwUYRh0adq/Rn7es+H0ndBpqTLO3QvzWGFu3sRizamodgE1pVB2QO67X7Kkzqbav71QBkY7XEjTSvuFdrvLrysn08kl8i44TItSBZHCQi6RVnjjB6eTZRVyM1RdI5q4eFn9gwJmjh6z0w0GXJrqkWSPU6TLr2wLHTfbVP+H8/fk= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 164411.98747.bm@smtp105.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Message-ID: <164411.98747.bm@smtp105.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 05:36:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: ZmrPFoEVM1kaLMUN3nVrPwmYO0mJXBxZCFcmbcR3YrYlqfC 4tp9T4pmRjoo1Dk7i3NBoeLHkWClkfDcR5BXrwGFOPnQF88S3zOv6izjfpxB 9nEjMzzmNc9s.cj4jsXpABdtQPpwmC16npp8aeUYzkknqCeieq0VVfGES_k6 rTYsn0tGeWSTP2l1QUqJyVdZPFfiq9Bb9yw.U7vkyCkqFP7xzT2jSkmn6yBP dBwK4pvJ2uI6fsiKG4_UJhnNJgs97reGxMs83.PRWz6OUj9gyspwRXoEZmpS G09cICVK.bYJ9IiwwfOBSWPyCaLzPiHJBpWEvZuggjjnDnWCa3JlN4BcbY9M VNLd5xZdpfXJ4HhgVGH0ucHM2_IvtCX3eLx8vmHnbS3W3xJEd4QyuzyUSY1K 5EGcXFqum4vQl_U8uLmnkWNbtNsco_XVCGMXChdoZzJs6Q.N.ArMSfvErvlX Xng3LAk2dhOUMixicRQiea2CBaV6qD1W.fBsUyMytgIiBnVb0ZjLTjai7wCO Wd8VtMlL4acq08qR.K8ta6Q-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: Kz_aW1.swBBYof3zAD7.RWzXz9ZAQVDMml1VADsbgPT4Kq79LC0- X-Rocket-Received: from localhost (mueller6724@74.130.198.7 with plain) by smtp105.sbc.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 01 Jun 2013 05:36:13 -0700 PDT From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20130601092111.8c1ad1c0.freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: define more partitions in freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:38:31 -0000 > On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:10:32 +0430, s m wrote: > 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. > That's correct and expected for the MBR partitioning approach > (which is considered "mostly outdated" today). > > i checked FreeBSD handbook, but it doesn't say anything about defining > > more partitions. > Because you _cannot_ define more partitions than up to 'h'. > This is a hard-defined limit of MBR-style partitions (as > they are initialized with bsdlabel). > > my question is: how can i define more partitions on my freebsd? (for > > example, ad3s1a, ..., ad3s1h, ad3s1i, ad3s1j, ...). > You cannot. You need to use the GPT partitioning approach > and repartition your disk. With gpart, you can create more > than 'h' partitions, but the partitions will have different > names, such as ad3s1p1, ad3s1p2, ..., ad3s1p10, ad3s1p11, ... > and so on. > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... Are you sure of this? Can you GPT-partition an MBR slice as opposed to the whole disk? You should get ad3p1, ad3p2, ...,ad3p10, ad3p11, ... Then you would have to migrate an MBR partition table to GPT, if you have non-FreeBSD slices. I don't know if gpart can do that, but Rod Smith's gdisk (included in FreeBSD ports) or gpt (still used in NetBSD but not FreeBSD) can. Tom