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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 1998 17:39:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Martin Von_Schantz <ikaros_net@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Partitioning
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980226173816.817E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199802261726.JAA06324@f155.hotmail.com>

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On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Martin Von_Schantz wrote:

> I have a few questions regarding the built in "make a slice"
> partition program in Freebsd.
> 
> 1. Is it possible to make a partition without destroying all data
> stored on the disk originally?
> I have about 200Mb left on an 1Gb drive.

If you're using FAT16, you can use `fips' from the tools/ directory.
Otherwise you'll have to buy Partition Magic to resize the partitions.

> 2. Do I have to have the installations in c:\freebsd\ or can I change 
> drive when installing from an MS-DOS partition.

It must be a primary DOS partition.  C: is searched by default.

> 3. Which files are X stored in? And it is possible to swap to a new
> version when possible?

X is stored in XF86331/.  You can upgrade once installed by simply
extracting the new version over the old.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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