Re: number of partitions

2008-05-16 Thread Wojciech Puchar
how to do it ? I need to create something like 16 partitions on a disk. you may create up to 4 slices if you use slices at all (i don't) on each you can make 7 partitions (8-one for c) but each partition CAN be partitioned again. so you can make any number of partitions. example of my

Re: number of partitions

2008-05-16 Thread Robert Jesacher
On 15.05.2008, at 19:09, Roland Smith wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 09:36:06AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: looks like I cannot create more than 8 partitions at boot time on a single disk. how to overcome this problem ? thanks Use fdisk to make up to 4 slices on the disk; e.g. ad0 g

Re: number of partitions

2008-05-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 09:36:06AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > looks like I cannot create more than 8 partitions at boot time on a single > disk. > how to overcome this problem ? > thanks Use fdisk to make up to 4 slices on the disk; e.g. ad0 gets ad0s1 to ad0s4. you can then create up t

number of partitions

2008-05-15 Thread Carlo . Capponi
hello, I would like to create a large number of partitions. how to do it ? I need to create something like 16 partitions on a disk. I tryed and after the 7th partition the dev is assigned to /dev/X looks like I cannot create more than 8 partitions at boot time on a single disk. how to