Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 08:47:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Question=answer <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Melting 2 partitions into 1 (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980528084131.255A-200000@outpost.nada.org> In-Reply-To: <356CC739.1CFBAE39@whistle.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --0-2096750044-896359630=:255 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Wed, 27 May 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > Spidey wrote: > > > > Hello! > > > > > > For sanity, I have a WD 3.2Gb hard drive partitionned this way: > > > > DOS (C:) 1 Gb > > FreeSpace: 500 Mb ? > > FreeBSD: 1.275 Gb > > FreeSpace: 500 Mb ? > > > > This is the output of partition magic... > > > > However, fdisk tells me that: > > > > Part: Type: Size: > > 1 unused ? > > 2 165 (FreeBSD) 1275 Mb > > 3 6 (DOS=FAT16) 1000 Mb > > 4 unused ? > > > > Is the order difference important? What is the cause of this > > difference? > > partition magic is reporting the order of the partitions on the disk > freebsd fdisk is reporting the order in the table, > they don't have to match. > > > > > > Before making the big move, I'll make my DOS partition a little bigger > > (See another posting to the list). I intend to use the rest of the > > partition to the grace of FreeBSD. I have ported almost nothing and my > > /usr boosted up to 1 Gig! Now I want to install some other stuff and I > > feel like I will always be missing some space... Is it feasable to use a > > 1.5 Gb partition to the sake of FreeBSD, when you use the ports to install > > (because it imports the source, contrarly to the package method)? > > why not delete the source after you have compiled it? > (make clean is your friend) I just do "make clean"? In which dir? > also cd /usr/ports/distfiles and rm anything you > have already installed. Well, all that is there is installed! I always installed via make install, and never ported manually... These files (source & distfiles) are useless? > > On Wed, 13 May 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > > you CAN do that but you have to REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! > > > > > 0/ write down (or better, print) teh output of fdisk and disklabel > > > for the appropriate device. > > > 1/ boot the fixit floppy, (I presume it has fdisk, disklabel and dd) > > > > You _presume_... How can I know? > > boot the install disk > choose the 'fixit' option > follow instructions. > check if said files exist. > I don't have one around here. > > > > > > 2/ copy the first 8K from the existing BSD partition to the first 8k of > > > the Win95 partition using dd and teh raw devices > > > ( dd if=/dev/rwd0s2 of=/dev/rwd0s1 count=16) > > > > Actually, it will be a DOS partition I'll be bumming space from... > > > you didn't say how you wat this to end up > what is really on the disk is: > > 4MB free Why is that 4Mb alone and free? > 1000MB DOS > 500MB free > 1250MB FBSD > 500MB free > > You say you want to grow the DOS by some amount. > use partition magic for that first before any other changes.. > We need that completed before we go any further. This is now: 1 Gb DOS 500 Mb Extended DOS 1.275 Gb FreeBSD 500 Mb +- FreeSpace > the rest we can do from a running freebsd system (gasp) > send me the output of freebsd's fdisk after you've done that. It's in attach... Spidey ____________________________________ | Still searching for a good .sig... | \------------------------------------/ --0-2096750044-896359630=:255 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="fdisk.out" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980528084710.255B@outpost.nada.org> Content-Description: KioqKioqKiBXb3JraW5nIG9uIGRldmljZSAvZGV2L3J3ZDAgKioqKioqKg0K cGFyYW1ldGVycyBleHRyYWN0ZWQgZnJvbSBpbi1jb3JlIGRpc2tsYWJlbCBh cmU6DQpjeWxpbmRlcnM9NzgyIGhlYWRzPTEyOCBzZWN0b3JzL3RyYWNrPTYz ICg4MDY0IGJsa3MvY3lsKQ0KDQpwYXJhbWV0ZXJzIHRvIGJlIHVzZWQgZm9y IEJJT1MgY2FsY3VsYXRpb25zIGFyZToNCmN5bGluZGVycz03ODIgaGVhZHM9 MTI4IHNlY3RvcnMvdHJhY2s9NjMgKDgwNjQgYmxrcy9jeWwpDQoNCk1lZGlh IHNlY3RvciBzaXplIGlzIDUxMg0KV2FybmluZzogQklPUyBzZWN0b3IgbnVt YmVyaW5nIHN0YXJ0cyB3aXRoIHNlY3RvciAxDQpJbmZvcm1hdGlvbiBmcm9t IERPUyBib290YmxvY2sgaXM6DQpUaGUgZGF0YSBmb3IgcGFydGl0aW9uIDEg aXM6DQpzeXNpZCA1LChFeHRlbmRlZCBET1MpDQogICAgc3RhcnQgMjA1NjMy MCwgc2l6ZSAxMDE2MDY0ICg0OTYgTWVnKSwgZmxhZyAwDQoJYmVnOiBjeWwg MjU1LyBzZWN0b3IgMS8gaGVhZCAwOw0KCWVuZDogY3lsIDM4MC8gc2VjdG9y IDYzLyBoZWFkIDEyNw0KVGhlIGRhdGEgZm9yIHBhcnRpdGlvbiAyIGlzOg0K c3lzaWQgMTY1LChGcmVlQlNEL05ldEJTRC8zODZCU0QpDQogICAgc3RhcnQg MzA3MjM4NCwgc2l6ZSAyNjEyNzM2ICgxMjc1IE1lZyksIGZsYWcgODANCgli ZWc6IGN5bCAzODEvIHNlY3RvciAxLyBoZWFkIDA7DQoJZW5kOiBjeWwgNzA0 LyBzZWN0b3IgNjMvIGhlYWQgMTI3DQpUaGUgZGF0YSBmb3IgcGFydGl0aW9u IDMgaXM6DQpzeXNpZCA2LChQcmltYXJ5ICdiaWcnIERPUyAoPiAzMk1CKSkN CiAgICBzdGFydCA4MDY0LCBzaXplIDIwNDgyNTYgKDEwMDAgTWVnKSwgZmxh ZyAwDQoJYmVnOiBjeWwgMS8gc2VjdG9yIDEvIGhlYWQgMDsNCgllbmQ6IGN5 bCAyNTQvIHNlY3RvciA2My8gaGVhZCAxMjcNClRoZSBkYXRhIGZvciBwYXJ0 aXRpb24gNCBpczoNCjxVTlVTRUQ+DQo= --0-2096750044-896359630=:255-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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