Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Mar 1999 13:14:25 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Parition Slices |
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Adam Sulmicki writes: > Richard Gooch writes: > -> Hi, Adam. > -> > ->> ->When this was discussed a year ago, it was my understanding that > ->> ->multiple BSD slices (for example) could fit into a partition (be it > ->> ->primary or logical). Is this not the case? > ->> -> > ->> ->If not, what is the complete story with partitioning, slicing and all > ->> ->the rest? At which levels can things be subdivided? > ->> > ->> Re, my last email. > ->> > ->> On the 2nd though, I'm not sure if I answered what you were asking > ->> about. > ->> > ->> Was my email answering what you were asking, or did you ask about > ->> something else. Like slices inside of slices which are extended > ->> parition. > > ->I think that's what I was asking. Examples: can you put *BSD slices > ->into a DOS logical partition? > > IIRC the answer is no. But it was a long while since I installed FreeBSD. > > ->Can you put Solaris slices into a *BSD > ->slice? > > I don't know, but I would guess that answer is no. > > It is b/c bsd-slices have no limits, if you decide to go with bsd-slices > as primary paritions, then you can have as many of them as you want. It is > only for ms-dos style paritions to limit them to 4. [I could be wrong on > that though] > > But I also think Solaris-x86 does not understand bsd-style paritions. > > ->Can you put Solaris slices into a DOS logical partition? > > I don't think so. No proof on it, but if bsd can't then I don't think > solaris can either. > > ->Basically, what are the rules which limit when you can put inside of > ->what and how many times you can subdivide? > > dos has limit on 4 (3) primaries, so it came up with idea of extended > paritions. I though there was limit on 4 extended, but I could be wrong. > If we want stay MS-dos compatibile, we want to use ms-dos style paritions > as primary partitions. > > Other styles (like bsd) don't have limit on primaries, so there is no > need for extended paritions. Consequently there is no support for > "slices" inside of paritions. > > > > At least it is how I understand those things.. > > > PS: You may want to forward it to linux-kernel, perhaps someone else > can add more.
Done. Hopefully someone will have the time and energy to clean up this mess. It gives me a headache.
Regards,
Richard....
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