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@@ -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 ,
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