Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:52:52 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do I create large partitions in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <d36406630912081252j304ad4b5tff5cb86e190f481a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091208210402.ad3ba281.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D44A@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20091208195424.850e8363.freebsd@edvax.de> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D498@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20091208202749.d3f3b697.freebsd@edvax.de> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB33D0D4C3@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20091208210402.ad3ba281.freebsd@edvax.de>
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2009/12/8 Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> > On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:43:41 -0600, Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> > wrote: > > Yes, I know what a BSD slice is compared to a BSD partition. > > Considering that fdisk uses "partition" interchangeably in > > cases with "slice", I often do as well. I guess it can be > > confusing if one isn't careful with context. > > You're right - fdisk uses different terminology. > > > > > We already have a configuration in place on our smaller 1U > > boxes which are divided into three slices, one for the OS > > (with 2 partitions), one for swap, and the third slice for > > data. The third slice is divided into two partitions, one > > UFS and one raw. The first two slices are gmirrored, the > > third slice is not. > > Okay, now I understand. It's much more complex than it seemed > from your initial statement. :-) > > What you want in the end is e. g. > /dev/da1s1a = / > /dev/da1s1d = /usr (or maybe /usr/local) > /dev/da1s2b = swap > /dev/da1s3d = /bigstorage (or something similar) > /dev/da1s3e = raw > > > > > For consistency we want to use the same slice configuration > > for these large drives. We don't *have* to do it this way > > but it simplifies things for our legacy code. We're not > > using any gmirroring on these raid boxes of course, and we > > only need one partition on the third slice (no raw partition) > > but otherwise the layout will largely be the same. > > Then it looks to me that using gpt / gpart is the way to go... > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > 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" > stay away from dangerously dedicated it seems as though they are being phased out
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