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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/bsdlabel')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 index cbb4e34..6560ea2 100644 --- a/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 +++ b/sbin/bsdlabel/bsdlabel.8 @@ -475,12 +475,17 @@ to be decreased or the offset of a partition to be changed while it is open. Due to the use of an .Vt u_int32_t to store the number of sectors, -bsdlabels are restricted to a maximum of 2^32-1 sectors. +.Bx +labels are restricted to a maximum of 2^32-1 sectors. This usually means 2TB of disk space. Larger disks should be partitioned using another method such as .Xr gpt 8 . .Pp -The various BSDs all use slightly different versions of BSD labels and +The various +.Bx Ns s +all use slightly different versions of +.Bx +labels and are not generally compatible. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ccd 4 , |