Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 03:28:30 +0530 From: Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A request for unnested UFS implementation in MBR Message-ID: <0753eec0-674f-842f-2dae-c8405b004dc1@yandex.com> In-Reply-To: <20180707224648.5187be22@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <98201d37-2d65-34c6-969e-c9649f1a3ab1@yandex.com> <f57a5540-9736-53bf-5312-166a1b2e23b0@yandex.com> <20180707224648.5187be22@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On 07/08/18 03:16, RW via freebsd-questions wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jul 2018 02:20:56 +0530 > Manish Jain wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I made a request for FreeBSD UFS filesystem to the freebsd-fs list. >> Just for opinions on this list, I am forwarding that request >> underneath. >> >> Tx >> Manish Jain >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> Subject: A request for unnested UFS implementation in MBR >> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 11:29:55 +0530 >> From: Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com> >> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am a longtime user of FreeBSD, which now serves as my only OS. >> >> There is one request I wished to make for FreeBSD filesystems. While >> UFS implementation under GPT is unnested just as Ext2, the MBR >> implementation of UFS continues to piggyback on an unnecessary nest >> (in a BSD slice). >> >> Can it not be considered as an alternative to provide a UFS partition >> (unnested) under MBR too ? > > You can put UFS on an MBR partition if you want to. How ? Can you give me the gpart command for that ? Remember, the command must put the UFS partition directly into the MBR. Not first into a BSD nest. Tx MJ
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