Re: Max number partitions per disk??
Re: Max number partitions per disk??
- Subject: Re: Max number partitions per disk??
- From: Dan Markarian <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 17:09:20 -0500
Hi Wade,
A specific partition scheme might have limits, but there is no system
limit and has never been. The BSD disklabel is just another partition
style in this big picture. The system has no dependence on a specific
partition style, architecturally.
Dan
On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 04:38 PM, Wade Tregaskis wrote:
From /usr/include/sys/disklabel.h:
/*
* The absolute maximum number of disk partitions allowed.
* This is the maximum value of MAXPARTITIONS for which 'struct
disklabel'
* is <= DEV_BSIZE bytes long. If MAXPARTITIONS is greater than
this, beware.
*/
#define MAXMAXPARTITIONS 22
#if MAXPARTITIONS > MAXMAXPARTITIONS
#warning beware: MAXPARTITIONS bigger than MAXMAXPARTITIONS
#endif
Wade Tregaskis
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