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On 2005-12-26 19:39, Matt Roth <theguy0000@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I shrink an existing partition in my hard drive, then there will be
> empty (unpartitioned) space in the disk. Can FreeBSD's installer
> create a partition to fill this space, or do I have to have a
> partition there?

Sure.  As long as the partition is "primary", FreeBSD will be able to
boot off it too...