Re: disklabel differences FreeBSD, DragonFly

In <200607282236.k6SMaRlj089446@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
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.

Um, that's "many" slices. The extended slice can hold as many slices
as you want. The OS accessing them may have limits (I don't know if
FreeBSD does or not). FreeBSD can put partitions in logical slices,
but it can't boot from them.

There are other options for those that want them.

<mike
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