Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 07:08:29 +0100 From: Mark Hannon <mark.hannon@stockholm.mail.telia.com> To: "Mark S. Reichman" <mark@borg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use extended partition for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <36E3695D.70A800FE@stockholm.mail.telia.com> References: <36E14B67.E5427D07@stockholm.mail.telia.com> <36E19082.B11A7AC5@borg.com> <36E220D7.846A2C9A@stockholm.mail.telia.com> <36E270C1.1C580F85@borg.com> <36E2C74F.3135680A@stockholm.mail.telia.com> <36E2E5A1.3140BCC5@borg.com>
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Hi, I used: Ranish Partition Manager Version 2.38 Beta 1.6 November 26, 1998 I found it at www.winfiles.com. Regards/Mark "Mark S. Reichman" wrote: > What is the name of this magic dos shareware partitioning prog? > I might need to use it one day. > Your dos prog seems to have been the easier method. > You da man! > -Later Mark > > Mark Hannon wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I solved this in another way! I downloaded a dos based shareware partition > > editor, > > removed wd0s6, shrunk the extended partition and thus made room to create a new > > primary partition in place of wd0s6. Once that was done I was up and away and > > /stand/sysinstall worked fine > > /mark > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Hannon wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > But my problem is that it is wd0s6, ie a 'logical' drive within the DOS > > > > extended partition that I have available and logical drives do not appear > > > > in fdisk! When I fire up /stand/sysinstall I see this: > > > > > > > > Disk name: wd0 FDISK Partition Editor > > > > > > > > DISK Geometry: 523 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 8401995 sectors > > > > > > > > Offset Size End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags > > > > > > > > 0 63 62 - 6 unused 0 > > > > 63 2056257 2056319 wd0s1 2 fat 11 > > > > 2056320 5510295 7566614 wd0s2 4 extended 5 > > > > 7566615 835380 8401994 wd0s3 3 freebsd 165 C > > > > 8401995 2835 8404829 - 6 unused 0 > > > > > > > > It is not possible to look inside the extended partition! > > > > > > > > Regards/Mark > > > > > > > > "Mark S. Reichman" wrote: > > > > > > > > > I just did this... About 2 weeks ago actually. > > > > > I used /stand/sysinstall for the whole thing. > > > > > > > > > > Use: > > > > > > > > > > 5 Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD > > > > > > > > > > Then: > > > > > > > > > > L Label The disk Label editor > > > > > F Fdisk The disk Slice (PC-style partition) Editor > > > > > > > > > > I fount it easier. Not easy... But easier.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to reuse an old DOS extended partition to extend my FreeBSD > > > > > > diskspace. My primary FreeBSD partition is wd0s3, the partition I am > > > > > > trying > > > > > > to use is wd0s6. > > > > > > > > > > > > The disktools only seem aimed at installing onto primary partitions so I > > > > > > am > > > > > > using disklabel etal. However, with no luck, when I try to label the > > > > > > disk I > > > > > > get: > > > > > > > > > > > > putte:~# disklabel -w -r wd0s6 auto > > > > > > disklabel: ioctl DIOCGDINFO: Invalid argument > > > > > > disklabel: auto: unknown disk type > > > > > > > > > > > > Any other suggestions as to how to do this? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards/Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > PS Running 3.1-RELEASE > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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