Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:41:56 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0? Message-ID: <1354120916.3152.16.camel@q> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211280923390.66068@wonkity.com> 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> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211251322500.23965@wonkity.com> <1353877782.2508.225.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211251421160.23965@wonkity.com> <1354029192.2827.11.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211270901130.56247@wonkity.com> <1354046327.2528.15.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211271653330.60249@wonkity.com> <1354086404.2528.89.camel@q> <1354119648.3152.4.camel@q> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211280923390.66068@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 09:25 -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > 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? > > PC-BSD is FreeBSD, and there is a 9.x version. I don't know what it > uses for partitioning code, but if you value your data, back up first. I chose 8.2, to get another version for partitioning. However, I'll also test your recommendation from your previous mail. # gpart modify -i1 -t freebsd-ufs da0 And I'll avoid to use the cursor keys next time, to get a better log file. Thank you for your help, Ralf
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