Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:01:35 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "David J. Kanter" <david.kanter@mindspring.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Max partitions per slice Message-ID: <14798.41967.169521.451371@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20364942@toto.iv>
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David J. Kanter writes: > I understand that the maximum number of partitions per slice is 8, but I > can't seem to get all 8. > > When I installed FreeBSD 4.1 RELEASE, I was only able to create this mouting > scheme: > > /dev/ad0s2a on / (ufs, local) > /dev/ad0s2d on /home (ufs, local) > /dev/ad0s2g on /tmp (ufs, local) > /dev/ad0s2e on /usr (ufs, local) > /dev/ad0s2h on /usr/src (ufs, local) > /dev/ad0s2f on /var (ufs, local) > > That's 7 to me (with swap...hmm, but with the all-encompassing "c" partition > that does bring everything to 8). When I tried creating other partitions, I > got an X next to them in disklabel. > > Is there something I'm doing wrong? Not realizing that you've got all 8 partions. They're a-h. If you need to add another file system, you're going to have to point the c partition at it. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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