>>>>> "Dmitry" == Dmitry Marakasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dmitry> * Matthew Dillon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> felt that 8 partitions is restrictive. My main home server has 10 >> and the main DragonFly box has 11. >> >> There is another solution for FreeBSD folks, however. You *DO* >> have four slices to play with. You can put a disklabel with 8 >> partitions in it on each one (for 32 total). It isn't as >> convenient, but it does work. Dmitry> About `lack' of partitions - don't forget that labels can be Dmitry> nested. Just do `bsdlabel -w /dev/ad0s1e` - you'll get Dmitry> /dev/ad0s1ea. Don't also forget that gpt(8) exists and seems to provide for large numbers of partitions. It even seems to be compiled into GENERIC by default. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can be | |Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================ _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
