Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 08:30:58 +0600 From: "Eugene Panchenko" <replicator@ngs.ru> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More than 6 partitions on one slice? Message-ID: <web-6611355@intranet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20011207115622.A57799@monorchid.lemis.com>
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On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:56:22 +1030 Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Friday, 7 December 2001 at 7:06:01 +0600, Eugene > Panchenko wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I've never had a need before, but I thought that there > are > > only a-h partitions, that is, 6 (b and c are not quite > > legal) of them can be on a slice. Is this true? Is > there > > any way to increase this limit? Thank you for your > help! > > Well, I have my doubts that you have a need now, but > firstly you can > use b if you want, and if that's not enough (which it > surely is), and I'm afraid that I can't use b since it's my swap... > if you're using a PC, you can create 4 slices in > Microsoft partitions I've already have used up all 4 partitions for QNX, NetBSD, MSDOS622 (yeah, I admit), and, of course, FreeBSD :) > and put 7 partitions in each, for a total of 28 > partitions. If you > think even that isn't enough, you can make the whole disk > a Vinum > drive and create as many volumes as you like. Hmm... While browsing though the sources I have found that MAXPARTITIONS=8 is #defined in /usr/include/sys/disk*.h. Can I change it and not be afraid that it will render my box dead?? Exactly what steps/precautions should I take to safely change it, and what programs to I have to recompile afterwards, and what device nods to create? :) Hope I am not wanting too much! Thank you for your help!! ---------------------------------------------------------- πΟΣΕΤΙΤΕ "νοσλοχσλικ ηοςοδσλοκ σακτ" http://mosk.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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