Re: NetBSD 8: Install on an LVM partition

[moo can <moocan2112%yahoo.fr@localhost>]

 Hello,
So many thanks for your assistance and for the explanations.It was very very very nice.
I have installed with standard NerBSD partition without LVM.
I'm discovering NetBSD and I love it. It's a new world :)
I'm trying to understand the update process now with/without some package management as nih.

Kind RegardsFabien



    Le lundi 25 février 2019 à 18:10:54 UTC+1, Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> a écrit :  
 
 On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 07:59:15AM -0800, John Nemeth wrote:

> } This is also true when using the raw partition. While access to the disk
> } is bounded by the real size, the disklabel can only store a 32bit number
> } (which is nowadays clamped to the maximum, not just the low 32 bits).
> } The dm driver uses getdisksize() to report device information to
> } LVM and getdisksize() uses DIOCGPARTINFO to retrieve the partition data