Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 00:29:04 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: budsz <budsan02@bdg.centrin.net.id> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bout partitions Message-ID: <15088.60576.534574.521050@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <16082451@toto.iv>
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budsz <budsan02@bdg.centrin.net.id> types: > Hi.. > i have 3 partition on my harddisk > a -> windows (fat32) > b -> windows (fat32) | > |----> extended partition > c -> i will use by freebsd | > > for ex: if i remove extended partition of couse "b" & "c" will be lose > but i want remove only "c" partition > how can i do, does freebsd support to remove logical partition? > thank you If I have correctly interpreted your diagram, you have two of the four physical slices - since Unix calls it's disk segments "partitions", the term "slices" is used to denote the MBR disk segments to avoid confusion - allocated. One is a fat32 slice, and the other is extended. The first part of the extended slice contains a fat32 logical slice you want to preserve. You want to shrink the extended slice down to make room for another physical slice on which you're going to install FreeBSD. The fdisk command running under FreeBSD can change the length of the extended slice, but I have no idea if it will be safe to do so. There are some Windows tools for manipulating disk slices on the FreeBSD CDROMs, and I've used them on fat32 slices with no problem. I have no idea if they'll work on an extended slice or not. I'm pretty sure some of the commercial slice management tools - "Partition Commander", for instance - can do this for you, but you really need advice from a Windows guru. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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