Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 10:46:03 +0930 From: David Lloyd <lloy0076@adam.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD Slices on a PC Compatible Logical Device Message-ID: <45036753.7060705@adam.com.au>
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Hi There,
I partitioned my PC Compatible machine like this:
/dev/hda1 - Normal partition
/dev/hda2 - Normal partition
/dev/hda3 - ~100 gigabyte logical partition
There's no sectors left to make another normal partition.
From what I can gather in the documentation, a FreeBSD slice (in this
case one made for/by FreeBSD 6.1) needs to be in a normal partition.
I've read the relevant parts of: the handbook, The Complete FreeBSD and
I have also seen what the FreeBSD 6.1 installer would attempt to do.
All of my reading seems to state that FreeBSD requires a "normal"
partition to make its slice(s) in.
That said, I seem to have a few options:
1. Somehow rearrange my partitions so that I can get a normal partition
- GNU Parted would work except it doesn't seem to like XFS partitions
2. Reinstall my primary operating system (which happens to be Debian
SID) and partition the disk such that I -can- put FreeBSD in an
appropriate partition
3. Run FreeBSD under something like VMWare
My other alternative would be to take a great leap and use FreeBSD
exclusively and work out how to migrate my "home" data to FreeBSD.
Therefore, my questions would be:
1. Is there a way (other than using VMWare) to get FreeBSD onto a
partition inside the large logical partition I have?
2. If not, does anyone know of any free (as in beer) tools that would be
able to move Linux partitions about with XFS filesystems?
- I don't think GNU Parted likes XFS filesystems
3. Would VMWare be a solution to my dilemma?
4. Is there an option that I haven't considered [apart from panickin!]?
DSL
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