Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:07:51 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <sidney.reilley.ii@gmail.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD Message-ID: <20210318120751.23e1e2f565e2face195d9d73@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44czvwgza8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20210317213615.7e1443af@antix1> <CAN6yY1sK-aFEOmWTbo%2Boo1mWVdNiU6emMUMXwkw7Vy4m6CA_kA@mail.gmail.com> <20210318105902.0fad52928f1c43dea056bcb6@gmail.com> <44czvwgza8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:14:07 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Duke Normandin <sidney.reilley.ii@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:40:27 -0700 > > Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> FreeBSD defaults to putting everything in one partition. There is no > >> requirement for more than one. > > > > Good to know! But what if I want to dual-boot a Linux distro as well? > > Do I allow space for it beforehand, i.e while I'm partitioning for > > FreeBSD? OR do I shrink the FreeBSD partition while trying to install > > the Linux distro? > > Just leave it unused for now. There's no need to complicate things. Will do!! Much obliged! -- Duke
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