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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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