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Date:      Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:48:38 -0500
From:      "Troy Settle" <troy@picus.com>
To:        "FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Repartioning existing FreeBSD-System
Message-ID:  <NDBBLOMCGLFPEPCPJEKKAECDCAAA.troy@picus.com>
In-Reply-To: <200001301047_MC2-96E8-2CE2@compuserve.com>

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fdisk to delete the NT slice and create a BSD slice.
label the disk to create a partition
newfs the new filesystem
mount the new filesystem to somewhere appropriate


HTH,

-Troy



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nils Holland
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 10:47
> To: FreeBSD-Questions
> Subject: Repartioning existing FreeBSD-System
> 
> 
> Hi folks,
> when I moved my server from WinNT to FreeBSD, I took 6 GB out of my 13 GB
> harddisk and used it for FreeBSD. The rest remained with WinNT. Now I'm
> ready to totally remove WinNT, so that all the other space can also be
> dedicated to FreeBSD.
> The question: How do I best accomplish that WITHOUT having to re-install
> FreeBSD and without doing harm to my existing installation. Don't get me
> wrong, I think I would be able to do it, but I thought I'd rather 
> post this
> question here so that people can give me tips and prevent me from doing
> something wrong, than ending up with a corrupted 
> FreeBSD-installation after
> me trying to do it.
> 
> Any suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Nils
> 
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