Subject: Re: maximum partitions per silce in i386 port of NetBSD
To: Artur <apml@owl.energa.pl>
From: None <pcah8322@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/22/2005 22:40:35
On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 09:22:51PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 09:29:55PM +0200, Artur wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > Sorry for a stupid question, but I can't find reliable information for
> > it. I would like to know what is the maximum number of partitions
> > per slice in i386 port of NetBSD 2.0.2. I found many information across
> > the web that the limit is 8. It would mean that the last partition must be h.
> > I found that I can make more partition than that. I've created i and j
> > partitions. Unfortunetally my system doesn't work stable now and I'm not
> > sure if partitions are the problem.
> 
> The limit (for i386) was raised to 16 for NetBSD 1.6.

And I believe the limit is not per "slice" (MBR partition) but per disk.

Pavel Cahyna