From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 20:26:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FCE21065673 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 20:26:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 375628FC27 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 20:26:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4GKQL7P021955; Fri, 16 May 2008 22:26:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m4GKQLKw021952; Fri, 16 May 2008 22:26:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 22:26:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Carlo.Capponi@unibo.it In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20080516222445.I21927@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: number of partitions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 20:26:30 -0000 > how to do it ? > I need to create something like 16 partitions on a disk. you may create up to 4 slices if you use slices at all (i don't) on each you can make 7 partitions (8-one for c) but each partition CAN be partitioned again. so you can make any number of partitions. example of my home system (lots of DVD-sized partitions to make backups easy) [root@wojtek ~]# bsdlabel ad0 # /dev/ad0: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 9180416 16 4.2BSD 0 0 0 b: 2000000 9180432 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28384 c: 234441648 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit d: 2000000 11180432 4.2BSD 4096 32768 62504 e: 64262928 13180432 4.2BSD 0 0 0 h: 156998288 77443360 4.2BSD 0 0 0 [root@wojtek ~]# bsdlabel ad0e # /dev/ad0e: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 9180416 16 4.2BSD 0 0 0 b: 9180416 9180432 4.2BSD 0 0 0 c: 64262928 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit d: 9180416 18360848 4.2BSD 0 0 0 e: 9180416 27541264 4.2BSD 0 0 0 f: 9180416 36721680 4.2BSD 0 0 0 g: 9180416 45902096 4.2BSD 0 0 0 h: 9180416 55082512 4.2BSD 0 0 0