From nobody Fri Jan 26 00:55:08 2024 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4TLfPR2WQ8z58PJD for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf1-f46.google.com (mail-lf1-f46.google.com [209.85.167.46]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1D4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4TLfPR0qsFz42NG for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:55:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: by mail-lf1-f46.google.com with SMTP id 2adb3069b0e04-510133ed214so3510777e87.1 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:55:23 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1706230521; x=1706835321; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=WLufwpdym0Ckt8X4zpOViEjyAYxitNA70yyof15glrc=; b=AAJOws/GcdphudJViAx4eFX/NQC2KRz+CIgFw3MtoaMwzQUEowdw+PNaPq2jm5fmXc +0o/qLZ2/1oReVoimQNy3HlHGd9QrNPeCqrhOsOtNYyL5QKT+fMOqcoH535qrSzI5XUQ Pv3DwzNWpNK/BFi88vBcvcM15w9a+2jD+StA4kToh87Kidw6GvsHkrlhbM7LS3jzMGxM fLo8iKkG810805BCgOQolKqsiRW0xcourVo7oFm1Q3hJ9aErtWwR8wZcGjDxy77NAHFe LoYwt9g9NQXuQwMFDaI/K0GJsP9srJQh+5IrAW6zL2BUzcce4/kxjUdzj++EOiKqcBKs J+gA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yx4TK7RiQSx8zYe6vWvH7tPCL81REBxFfpt9YYaBmpdAOo2CtQo oVZHwl48Q/0lsSK+ei0xYrMgpWZeAUVnM3tRO+YPe94voTBFExrLOkFuPYs4jLgOQ3Py49qkj6c vjijcd+AjowhWMciM8VWfxDDVSbn7dG3ZWPQ= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEeSCYZOp0GJqWmCGGw2JPJl10ohGvv9DjUmcNNtq1I5+EOxdCpkD0PzJYxXEA2vOdRFl0Fx/eIgh/+49q9Osk= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:3d06:b0:510:2556:db5b with SMTP id d6-20020a0565123d0600b005102556db5bmr158545lfv.73.1706230520580; Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:55:20 -0800 (PST) List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20240125162558.77a3cde7@venus.private.rrbrussell.com> In-Reply-To: <20240125162558.77a3cde7@venus.private.rrbrussell.com> From: Ed Maste Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:55:08 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Removing fdisk and bsdlabel (legacy partition tools) To: "Robert R. Russell" Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4TLfPR0qsFz42NG X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:209.85.128.0/17, country:US] On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 17:26, Robert R. Russell wrote: > > FYI gpart doesn't allow you to create disklabel with more than 8 items > either. Specify the number of partitions at `gpart create` time: # mdconfig -s 1G -t swap md0 # gpart create -s bsd -n 20 md0 md0 created # for i in $(jot 19); do gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -s 1M md0; done md0a added md0b added ... md0t added # gpart show md0 => 0 2097152 md0 BSD (1.0G) 0 2048 1 freebsd-ufs (1.0M) 2048 2048 2 freebsd-ufs (1.0M) ... 36864 2048 20 freebsd-ufs (1.0M) 38912 2058240 - free - (1.0G)