On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:03:18 +0000 Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 01:46:14AM +0000, Gerard Lally wrote: > > I am still trying to understand partitioning in NetBSD. I understand > > the need to partition the active disk using fdisk, but am I correct > > in thinking I don't need to use fdisk to partition a second disk > > dedicated entirely to data? Is disklabel partitioning enough for > > this second disk? > > > > If so, can I offset the data partition at sector 0 or do I need to > > offset it at sector 63? > > > > And finally, is a disk partitioned this way able to grow to more > > than 2 TB? I understand a disk partitioned using fdisk has a 2 TB > > partition-size limit, but NetBSD supports enormous partitions of > > zetabyes, which makes me think these partitions must be created > > using disklabel !!! > > > > I apologise if these are very basic questions for people here. My > > head is spinning trying to understand the online documentation. > > I think that you are correct on all counts! (I used to get away with > root starting at offset 0, and no fdisk, but BIOSes seem to have got > more picky "recently" ?10 years? - so all good for data disks...) Thanks Patrick. -- Gerard Lally
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