From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 28 16:21:03 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E472DBE for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:21:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm22-vm3.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm22-vm3.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [212.82.109.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2903D8FC08 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:21:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.49] by nm22.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Nov 2012 16:20:54 -0000 Received: from [217.146.188.235] by tm2.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Nov 2012 16:20:54 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp108.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Nov 2012 16:20:54 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1354119654; bh=T7jYz061d7kJt7MdGRnY1Aey8M5uPlQ0pd63atMOQEY=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=yJisYMWimVOXiQCtrUZ4Gr6pi3SrR3mdZeUPZvK+dIwkP2jDGcv91XUUrk/TGDdHJWIJ9um9913Pe4aOYKDYOdAkZI4FPJ+tAH5DLQWIqgpzof7hLEOZNCyBzwOcbeX7Iyp2M/Cc5gMl8hzTBSpHyw5XmhjSwe3drzryxLZQTr0= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 834116.27902.bm@smtp108.mail.ird.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: cZv2jC8VM1nJsQPz_0TqYuK6fGLSNA9sYUaWXCkjK3x2S03 UPMn.vQtT5_KAjD7juC7xC_KVaIlp7DRJ253CeAQxbxTgrqfIjM8I5imnF4W E7cQzVkWc7H8s8qn3J910b2uxzMhhzZfZq_cieETwJix3SqSlYZ8gQuTaZli _lh2QAEOgVqiHWUstEswNbx4CvYyn8diW4FNFGPiqO7.IP7T6mSGS0VJwS5A ZXrE755Gp29aMElPp9W1xmGwC6KKZlflP0laU.vLLsCXFtTbl9CCTxcJxEkO RdmKT8Ii82aYqrdaU43QMothgCiIrxdnj6DqYlJgO41NDXx67h8PZ4FaEmpf zvJHdSnhYpbUm_ZPgvTeVmnf_Glo2DONXObXffMYaKOChgnmZTC6stcKTdZ2 krI1cyiADLO9Cu9awAXDvOTUtS8wEe3SzWjxmYAI- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Received: from [85.182.24.211] (ralf.mardorf@85.182.24.211 with login) by smtp108.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Nov 2012 08:20:54 -0800 PST Message-ID: <1354119648.3152.4.camel@q> Subject: Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0? From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:20:48 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1354086404.2528.89.camel@q> References: <1353795280.2662.12.camel@q> <20121124233520.7ad4b4be.freebsd@edvax.de> <1353798889.2662.46.camel@q> <20121125002717.11a61c8d.freebsd@edvax.de> <1353807268.2773.16.camel@q> <20121125131908.671f6d31.freebsd@edvax.de> <1353846552.2508.23.camel@q> <1353877782.2508.225.camel@q> <1354029192.2827.11.camel@q> <1354046327.2528.15.camel@q> <1354086404.2528.89.camel@q> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:21:03 -0000 On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: > > > # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 > > > gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists > > > > Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. > > Thank you, > > so this should work and if it doesn't work, I can't install FreeBSD? > > Anything else I can try? I'm downloading PC-BSD 8.2 x64, assumed partitioning should work, will it be possible to update to FreeBSD 9.x or do they differ, similar as different Linux distros can differ? Regards, Ralf