From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 21 17:24:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 194BE1065670 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:24:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-152.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-152.bluehost.com [67.222.39.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DCC678FC14 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:24:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 30526 invoked by uid 0); 21 Sep 2008 16:57:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy5.bluehost.com with SMTP; 21 Sep 2008 16:57:52 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=RB2xIxAtb5jCJ1nT86qQe/ri9My9iKMrLCgcP9tv5w8EJcFW6A0Nb/b6PLeuC2Ct+wsVJb8wPiJoWgCKZ0GSdOetwn66IqGK7GNR0/drNWL7CvsD9AodTCvohjfhIuug; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KhSFs-0003E8-4T for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:57:52 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:50:09 -0600 Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:50:09 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080921165009.GB3097@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200809211419.m8LEJe3Y026683@mp.cs.niu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZoaI/ZTpAVc4A5k6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200809211419.m8LEJe3Y026683@mp.cs.niu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: looking for a disk partition ("slice") editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:24:33 -0000 --ZoaI/ZTpAVc4A5k6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 09:19:40AM -0500, Scott Bennett wrote: > > > Ah, but I do. My current problem is a case in point. I have a drive > that I'm not currently using, but that has stuff on it I don't want to lo= se > (e.g., the images of another system). I want to set it up for use. I do= not > want to shut everything down just so that I can set it up for use. Right= now > the nine or ten partitions on it include three or four (I don't remember > right now) FreeBSD slices. (The FreeBSD slices are further subdivided in= to > FreeBSD partitions, but that is irrelevant because I intend to wipe out > their contents anyway.) With the exception of the partitions holding > backup images of another system, nothing is arranged on that drive the way > I want it arranged now, so I need to be able to rearrange it without > disturbing everything else currently running on the system. There are ot= her > situations, too, that arise from time to time that I would like to be able > to deal with and not have to shut down FreeBSD to do that. > Anyway, back to my original question for anyone who can help: does > anyone know of a disk partition editor that will allow me to manipulate > the logical partitions, as well as the primary partitions, and that runs > under FreeBSD? Perhaps, if there's some *good* reason why we *shouldn't* want to "mess with slices" while the system is running, someone can explain why. For instance -- even if I only have one HDD in the system -- we could assume a setup like this: slice / partition /etc/ partition /usr/ partition /var/ partition /usr/home/ slice C:/ slice for MS Windows primary partition Why, for the love of Gob and all that's Wholly, shouldn't I be able to wipe out my MS Windows primary partition, create a BSD slice, and use the extra space for /usr/local/share/ if I suddenly find I need the space? I, too, would like to know if a partition/slice tool such as what Scott seeks exists. In fact, it would be nice to discover such a tool that not only handles partitions/slices, but also logical/BSD partitions. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Albert Camus: "An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself." --ZoaI/ZTpAVc4A5k6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjWe0EACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKX9pQCg4ZuyLY6zfr4/bxABazZdBbAO kZMAoPQc75E0zIxrPfz4UD5xqRQ4gtJd =5AN6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZoaI/ZTpAVc4A5k6--