Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 22:01:10 +0200 From: Robert Jesacher <jessy@sicha.net> To: Carlo.Capponi@unibo.it Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: number of partitions Message-ID: <45FF7AE6-E41D-4267-BE7D-4E052A824E5A@sicha.net> In-Reply-To: <20080515170909.GB33172@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0805150934280.26961@slacknet.com> <20080515170909.GB33172@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On 15.05.2008, at 19:09, Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 09:36:06AM -0600, Carlo.Capponi@unibo.it > wrote: >> >> looks like I cannot create more than 8 partitions at boot time on a >> single >> disk. >> how to overcome this problem ? >> thanks > > Use fdisk to make up to 4 slices on the disk; e.g. ad0 gets ad0s1 to > ad0s4. > you can then create up to 6 usable partitions on each slice. > > Roland if you are on 7.0 and your box is equipped for it (memory) you could - and probably should - give ZFS a try. I use it w/o troubles and it really eliminates the partitioning (and other) hassles. Simply put: it is the next big thing in storage ;-) Have a look here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFS take care, Robert
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