Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 09:04:40 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk headache Message-ID: <Mutt.19970128090440.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970127153008.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>; from Simon Shapiro on Jan 27, 1997 14:27:12 -0800 References: <Mutt.19970126003302.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> <XFMail.970127153008.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
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As Simon Shapiro wrote: > > Why are you using fdisk at all? You are running Unix, you aren't > > running on a PC, you are not supposed to use fdisk (unless other > > systems on your disk force you to this step). > > Slow down.... The gentleman has a valid point, methinks. If not, ...well, and you've cut my smiley. ;-) > please show me how to build 120 filesystems on a disk that is 750GB > large. Impossible/stupid numbers? not really when considering a large > disk array with a very large database. _You_ have a valid point with this, but Jean-Marc didn't -- he wants to use a plain 4-partition only system. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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