Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:55:20 -0600 (CST) From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com> To: "Peter aka SweetPete" <swtpete@gmail.com> Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, FreeBSD-Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installer vs RedHat Linux Fedora Core Installer? Message-ID: <4671.216.230.84.67.1167940520.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: <ad32ec270701041056u21553a96pd96ebcd7240d149f@mail.gmail.com> References: <ad32ec270701041056u21553a96pd96ebcd7240d149f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, January 4, 2007 12:56 pm, Peter aka SweetPete wrote: > I think that more specifically, I would like and lots of users in the > *nix > community probably would not mind, if sysinstall could handle > installing to > a partially used HDD. Can sysinstall do that? *naive looks* > > I have heard o' wondrous a' tale about (hmmmm which was it Ubuntu or > Xandros/theWindowsyLinux?) Linux installers that can shrink unused > space of > a current partition, and then go along its merry way and install to > the > other part of a HDD. > > So I guess my [I want what HE HAS..] question is - if I have Linux > Fedora > Core on my HDD which is using one huge single partition, what do I do > so > that I can install FreeBSD to the rest of the disk?? I miss FreeBSD. Put it this way: If I can stumble my way through shrinking MS Windows and getting FreeBSD to dual-boot on a laptop, you oughta be able to get Linux and FreeBSD on the same box. :-) System Rescue CD with the "run_qparted" is the starting point to shrink the Linux partition. BE PATIENT!!! When the qparted program is shrinking the disk, it *LOOKS* like it locked up. It did not. Step away from the computer. Step away from the computer. Go have lunch or something. Grueling details here: http://phpbootcamp.com/articles/inspiron700m.htm Of course, I have yet to track down the links I was thinking of when I wrote that, so there are lots of "go here" links that aren't links yet... Maybe some day RSN... :-v -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?
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