s m <sam.gh1...@gmail.com> writes: > hello all > > i want to install freebsd8.2 on my system. for some reasons, i need > partitions more than 6. my freebsd just allow me to define partitions > from a to h, not any more. > > i checked FreeBSD handbook, but it doesn't say anything about defining > more partitions. > > my question is: how can i define more partitions on my freebsd? (for > example, ad3s1a, ..., ad3s1h, ad3s1i, ad3s1j, ...). > > any comments or hints are appreciated. > SAM
Others have already commented that GPT labels are better, but I think that you can have more than 8 partitions. I remember a posting a while back that the maximum had been increased. You will have to experiment if you want to do this, but gpart shows an example that uses 20 partitions: '/sbin/gpart create -s BSD -n 20 ada0s1'. I also don't know that bsdlabel will handle these, so you definitely should experiment first. -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"