From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 18 20:04:45 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05BB027F for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:04:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-ve0-x22e.google.com (mail-ve0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c01::22e]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBCFE10A4 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:04:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f174.google.com with SMTP id oz10so3460308veb.19 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:04:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=WefEgxQrszZGI6uZ+ert5ZzqB9APyIfaWhELx9txvxQ=; b=KioADOmCxLH1M9v/lmfJnB3z59dWipItAMids2S94YAUbXytwvELwQeudOlaLenf0x q5t5mTKwpHOWdM9QJP14v7uGL+DPU1vEkfKwMokgG9p8h7AviK1SPYwioVXkVRt4Bbhv d82gGrbwfqy6PfgUajEsOs4Un8ut6solcYsOllnubN/Hd0IYCAlVn0geAnC0A6m70gKR Qd5tm3Yh758Dgm3vy01pCPm+v5851TMKsOXLd69V9GIjpo8SAOY/Ai5R/XqSRT+TUoTZ WNB19mARsL1ZJTpsFHjDNo2nMBpiIdsMo3s5ca8lj7BNYkKpC7I+NmV7f0gX3C990siu EIOg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.59.2.199 with SMTP id bq7mr6805410ved.51.1371585884252; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:04:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.180.136 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:04:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201306181958.r5IJwNs4009423@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <75c6982b.160d2cfb.51c0ab74.ef503@lajt.hu> <201306181958.r5IJwNs4009423@mail.r-bonomi.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:04:44 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Re: FreeBSD slice/partiton setup question From: Michael Sierchio To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnrJGXGdyEm0dszaa9ME8gWTHUj4S3RJp6thdDbvOIIrjxnt/Ag1FvYA9moNVWKZAQFVbCL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:04:45 -0000 You can simply newfs the device itself, without a volume label, slice, or partition. That's the normal thing to do with malloc devices, or additional disks. If the disk doesn't require a boot loader, isn't the root device, etc. that may be the best thing to do. Your caution about EXT* is spot-in - adequate tools exist for EXT2FS, but it's still problematic. - M