Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:16:16 -0700 From: Danny MacMillan <flowers@users.sourceforge.net> To: Brian Bobowski <bbobowski@cogeco.ca> Cc: Qaas8@aol.com Subject: Re: Partition? Message-ID: <20041113001616.GA619@procyon.nekulturny.org> In-Reply-To: <4195203C.8050003@cogeco.ca> References: <d1.1bb345eb.2ec67598@aol.com> <4195203C.8050003@cogeco.ca>
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 01:42:36PM -0700, Brian Bobowski wrote: > Qaas8@aol.com wrote: > > > I have a 20gb hard drive .... 10gb is free, and its NTFS > > partition. > > > > How would i go about installing FreeBSD on a daulboot? > > .... when Fdisk is started do i create a slice? > > You'll need software to divide that partition. That included with > FreeBSD can't handle NTFS(unless that's just changed), but other > software exists(like the commercial Partition Magic) that can. Partition Magic = Partition Tragic. It has left me up you-know-what creek without a paddle too many times. Of course I should have made backups. I used a tool called ntfsresize on a bootable Linux CD, either the RIP (Rescue Is Possible) or SystemRescueCD images (I forget which I ended up using). They are both listed in the ntfsresize FAQ at: http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html For me, ntfsresize actually recovered a drive that Partition Magic screwed up. I will never use Partition Magic again. The only thing is you have to resize the ntfs filesystem, then truncate the partition manually, so you need to follow the instructions very carefully in order not to cause further problems. There's a graphical tool called qtparted that handles this for you; it's part of SystemRescueCD and is recommended. -- Danny
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