From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 19:55:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1BE116A416 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 19:55:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceo@l-i-e.com) Received: from o2.hostbaby.com (o2.hostbaby.com [67.139.134.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7E5DB13C441 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 19:55:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceo@l-i-e.com) Received: (qmail 83552 invoked by uid 98); 4 Jan 2007 19:55:20 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 by o2.hostbaby.com (envelope-from , uid 1013) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.88.7/2413. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.263974 secs); 04 Jan 2007 19:55:20 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: ceo@l-i-e.com via o2.hostbaby.com X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.263974 secs) Received: from unknown (HELO l-i-e.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Jan 2007 19:55:20 -0000 Received: from 216.230.84.67 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ceo@l-i-e.com) by www.l-i-e.com with HTTP; Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:55:20 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4671.216.230.84.67.1167940520.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:55:20 -0600 (CST) From: "Richard Lynch" To: "Peter aka SweetPete" User-Agent: Hostbaby Webmail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Garrett Cooper , FreeBSD-Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installer vs RedHat Linux Fedora Core Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ceo@l-i-e.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:55:20 -0000 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?