Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:25:32 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to create a partition for FreeBSD 9.0? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211280923390.66068@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <1354119648.3152.4.camel@q> 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>
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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.
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