Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:58:09 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: disklabel -- owner? Message-ID: <199704241758.KAA26767@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Thu, 24 Apr 1997 20:25:18 +1000 Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote: > Strangely enough, NetBSD supports up to 22 partitions. ...well, that's MAXMAXPARTITIONS ... i.e. any more, and you don't fit in a DEV_BSIZE block. Most NetBSD platforms set MAXPARTITIONS at 8. There's actually a good reason to NOT change this on existing platforms.. You screw minor number compatibility with existing installed base. That's annoying, at least. I'd classify it as stupid, personally :-) Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939
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