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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.apfel.de!eerie.fr!cnusc.fr!ciril.fr!univ-angers.fr!jussieu.fr!fdn.fr!r2d2.fdn.org!sphynx.fdn.fr!causse From: causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) Subject: Re: More FS'es on HD?? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: individual - paris - france Message-ID: <E8FqCG.MI@sphynx.fdn.fr> References: <5i1i9a$2dum@sheraton.asianconnect.com> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 18:36:16 GMT Lines: 73 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38878 S.T.Chang (chang@narwhal.sns.com.sg) wrote: : Dear All, : I was trying to install FreeBSD on a 3.2GB HD. Rather than : having a few large FS'es, I tried to create more smaller FS'es. : Then partition layout was as follows. : wd0s1 DOS 150MB : wd0s2 EMPTY 280MB : wd0s3 FreeBSD / 40MB : wd0s4 Other FreeBSD slices Rest of HD Hemmm.... You're goin' the wrong way ! Just create ONE FreeBSD slice (please read the README file in the sysinstall menu to learn the difference between slices and partitions) and populate it with partitions. You can have up to seven partitions called a b d e f g h. The "c" partition is reserved by the system and refers to the whole slice. Typically, partition "a" is the root (/), "b" is the swap, "c" the entire slice, and you can use the rest for whatever purpose you whish. : While subpartition /dev/wd0s4, I hited the limit after reaching : /dev/wd0s4h. Subsequent FS creation through the sysinstall menu : give me /dev/X. Yeah, sure ! This is a BIOS limit, not a *BSD one ! BIOS only allows 4 partitions (sorry, SLICES in the BSD jargon) and there is no workaroud. When DOS people never use more than two partions because the other are just subdivisions of the second one. To draw a parallel with FreeBSD, M$-DOG logical drives are put in what is called an "extended partition". Here is a typical example: Slot number M$-DOG *BSD ----------- ------ ----- 0 Primary C: /dev/wd0s1 1 Extended: E:, F:,.. /dev/wd0s5, /dev/wd0s6... 2 unused /dev/wd0s3 3 non-dos /dev/wd0s4 part. a /dev/wd0s4a part. b /dev/wd0s4b ... part h /dev/wd0s4h : Is there a way to get pass this problem?? Or I just have to : have less FS'es which are larger in size? As soon as you really understand *BSD's philosophy, everything will look bright and shiny ! Just forget all of your M$-DOG background, read the manuals, take your time and you'll get it right ;-). : Thanks in advance. Good luck, Phil. : Regards : S.T.Chang : -- : ========================================================================== : Sang Thong CHANG Tel: 65-7785611 : Senior Systems Engineer (Unix Sys Admin) Fax: 65-7785277 : Singapore Network Services Pte Ltd : 75 Science Park Drive, #B1-01, Cintech II : SINGAPORE 118255 UNIX Forever!! : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Causse http://www.fdn.fr/~pcausse 4.4BSD/X11R6/Motif-2.0/C++ mailto:causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (UUCP)