Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:59:27 +0100 From: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8 partitions maximum Message-ID: <AANLkTikS2c=NityuvvaFzE8aDPUhbY1VuB00GXNdiQ=t@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikUu0ajKwOsN5t-SzTK1ZOCLDEbXfsT8w5BTnF5@mail.gmail.com> References: <4CF5624F.4020901@gmail.com> <20101130221550.2cf6d726@davenulle.org> <AANLkTikrWwS%2B08ERB5xHRLb3gXj6=Y_GdVTNGVvx__=T@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikdNwNZ=vMi6jp-9o2OcXQaeAT6f6RNVmYF8T=C@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikZg=X0Mo0RyN599T4-Se0TEUz8uvZ0cxzd3RBW@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikUu0ajKwOsN5t-SzTK1ZOCLDEbXfsT8w5BTnF5@mail.gmail.com>
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2010/11/30 Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>: > On 11/30/10, David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2010/11/30 Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>: >>> On 11/30/10, David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> 2010/11/30 Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>: >>>>> Le Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:45:03 +0100, >>>>> David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> a ecrit : >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>>> We all know that we can only have 8 ufs partitions in one freebsd >>>>>> slice. Since OpenBSD and NetBSD can support at most 32 partitions >>>>>> iirc. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wonder why FreeBSD still lacks more ufs partitions in one slice? >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there any plan to grow up max partitions or every work is >>>>>> dedicated to ZFS? >>>>> >>>>> hmmm, isn't already done in 8.X ? >>>>> from what's cooking for FreeBSD 8.0 >>>>> http://ivoras.sharanet.org/freebsd/freebsd8.html >>>>> << >>>>> bsdlabel gets extended to 26 partitions >>>>> >>>>> Status: Committed to -CURRENT >>>>> Will appear in 8.0: sure >>>>> Author: Marcel Moolenaar >>>>> Web: commit message >>>>> >>>>> bsdlabel is (finally!) extended to support more than 8 partitions. Th= e >>>>> new limit of 26 partitions comes from the number of lower-case letter= s. >>>>> >>>>> To make use of this change, GEOM_PART needs to be used instead of >>>>> GEOM_BSD (this is default in 8.0 but will not work with older kernels= ). >>>>> >> >>>>> >>>> >>>> I don't have GEOM_PART in my kernel, but if you said it's default it >>>> should be pulled in. >>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>>> >>>> >>>> But why : >>>> >>>> # /dev/md2s1: >>>> 8 partitions: >>>> # =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0size =C2=A0 offset =C2=A0 =C2=A0fstype = =C2=A0 [fsize bsize bps/cpg] >>>> =C2=A0 a: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 16 =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 b: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 d: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 e: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 f: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 g: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 h: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 i: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 j: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> =C2=A0 k: =C2=A010m =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 * =C2=A0 =C2=A04.2BSD =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 >>>> >>>> =C2=A0 c: =C2=A02047973 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0unus= ed =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= # "raw" part, >>>> don't >>>> edit >>>> >>>> line 11: partition name out of range a-h: i >>>> line 12: partition name out of range a-h: j >>>> line 13: partition name out of range a-h: k >>>> re-edit the label? [y]: >>>> >>>> I'm on 8.1-RELEASE. >>> >>> To make use of such feature you need to recreate table with gpart(8). >>> >>> bsdlabel is not going to work. >>> >> >> markand@Melon ~ $ sudo dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3Dmyfile.img bs=3D1m count= =3D100 >> 100+0 records in >> 100+0 records out >> 104857600 bytes transferred in 2.095537 secs (50038530 bytes/sec) >> markand@Melon ~ $ sudo mdconfig -a -f myfile.img -u 2 >> markand@Melon ~ $ sudo gpart create -s MBR md2 >> md2 created >> markand@Melon ~ $ sudo gpart show md2s1 >> gpart: No such geom: md2s1. >> markand@Melon ~ $ sudo gpart add -t freebsd md2 >> md2s1 added >> markand@Melon ~ $ sudo gpart add -t freebsd-ufs md2s1 >> gpart: No such geom: md2s1. >> markand@Melon ~ $ sudo gpart create -s BSD md2s1 > > gpart create -s BSD -n 26 md2s1 Thank you, I didn't see this little part of gpart(8). --=20 Demelier David
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