From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 20 17:20:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A151065675 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:20:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF11B8FC12 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:20:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iyj12 with SMTP id 12so6761053iyj.13 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:20:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; bh=09sBuxaa+/Cb+9BsJcxXmL2IPjlecRJwskaCLfgqmbs=; b=dh1azcVbijQDLIlhDsfNA/CKNCeu9zvWGWrEfHBSCfJipi/NGe/NQSJ0CPl7C57Cux IbwoHNxhfkio/Pm0vzdfO2GTYALl99nzlbmgB1/k+dA/JvJJBsytivHohYPm4B0hrU2W dX9qaoEgyezr/yqAnVaYe+YdpbD01nOwxIMvM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=QZCMpG7Wqf2deRUaFqxK4ZrAsdeTo4hF70PkvIc/1oXJVj92WdUd+c8ZictmMOeAYf fy1j6INctAoPy1v2ehM9l39VoRdrSnwd9YiRZNG3rlqV3trhm1S/OszCHbdUfvKCMqIG zfVh8xptVyGo0S3wVdlHutXeH0EnK+9DLrtrg= Received: by 10.231.193.133 with SMTP id du5mr1233150ibb.100.1300641640378; Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:20:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from triad.knownspace (216-15-41-8.c3-0.gth-ubr1.lnh-gth.md.cable.rcn.com [216.15.41.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 19sm3813283ibx.1.2011.03.20.10.20.38 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:20:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <0EF02E68-7815-46D4-974F-DB82E01572B7@gmail.com> From: Justin Hibbits To: Torfinn Ingolfsen In-Reply-To: <20110320113233.86992c04.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:20:37 -0400 References: <20110320113233.86992c04.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: resize a FreeBSD slice on a hard drive in a PPC Mac? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:20:41 -0000 On Mar 20, 2011, at 6:32 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hello, > > Which tool can I use to resize a partition / slice on a hard drive > in a PowerPC Mac? > The layout on my FreeBSD hard drive in my G5 currently looks like > this: > root@kg-g5# gpart show ad0 > => 18 625142430 ad0 APM (298G) > 18 1600 1 apple-boot (800K) > 1618 616562688 2 freebsd-ufs (294G) > 616564306 8388608 3 freebsd-swap (4.0G) > 624952914 189534 - free - (93M) > > I want to have several versions of FreeBSD on it, and thus need to > resize it. > Normally I would just use GNU parted for this, but haven't been able > to locate a image with that on which will boot on a PPC mac. > > If not possible I will have to reinstall everything. > -- > Torfinn Be careful, by default APM will only support 8 partitions. So if you need more than 8 in total you'll need to start over. - Justin