Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 11:21:08 +0200 From: "Eelke Blok" <e.blok@ieee.org> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: partition problem Message-ID: <014601c103a1$80898a40$0215e50a@hotrod> References: <20010703071757.9383.qmail@nw171.netaddress.usa.net>
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From: "john kernel" <john_kernel@usa.net> > this is the firt time i am using FreeBSD operating system, but while the > instalation, i have a problem in partition.The problem is i can't distinguish > between the partiiton. [Hard drive partitioned as primary 1.5 GB Win 98, 18.5 GB Extended chopped up in NTFS 3 GB, 3 GB reserved for FreeBSD and 12 GB for data (leaving 0.5 GB unaccounted for - extended overhead?)] [...] > My question is how can i make partition for FreeBSD (like root, swap, home, > var) without sacrifice(damage) my other partition? I think the space for FreeBSD needs to be outside the extended partition. I think you should remove the space you allocated for FreeBSD from the Extended partition using Partition Magic, and leaving the space unused for that moment (*outside* the extended partition, or the FreeBSD disk partitioner won't be able to see). Then start the FreeBSD installation process and give the unused space on your hard drive to FreeBSD to play with. I think it doesn't matter where the free space is on your drive when using the latest version of FreeBSD. I'm not sure what you mean by "damaging" your other partition, but I'm pretty sure Partition Magic will allow you to remove a logical drive from the Extended partition and "shrink-wrap" the extended partion around the remaining space without affecting the data on them. Don't worry about the way the free space is divided among the various things FreeBSD puts in it, the standard settings are supposed to be pretty useful. Cheers, Eelke -- Eelke Blok, http://haywire.student.utwente.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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