From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 9 19:44:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA14989 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 19:44:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mother.sneaker.net.au (akm@mother.sneaker.net.au [203.30.3.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA14895 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 19:43:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akm@mother.sneaker.net.au) Received: (from akm@localhost) by mother.sneaker.net.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA14862 for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 10 Jan 1998 14:54:19 +1100 (EST) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton Message-Id: <199801100354.OAA14862@mother.sneaker.net.au> Subject: Re: Getting rich with FreeBSD (was: Help me with my system!) To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 14:54:19 +1100 (EST) In-Reply-To: from "Dan Busarow" at Jan 9, 98 06:44:02 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk +-----[ Dan Busarow ]------------------------------ | | On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: | > 5. To repartition the disk, take a fine knife and score each surface | > to divide the areas you want for FreeBSD and anything else you may | > want to do with the machine. | | Greg, | | Since questions on partitioning seem to come up pretty often | could you add this to the handbook? Seems much easier than | the currently documented method. Should I use a ruler or is | free hand good enough? If you have a nice geometry set with the compasses with spare points simply replace the lead one side with a pointy bit. I think the investment in the geometry set is worthwhile to get accurate partioning. On a side note, Greg, you forgot to tell him that if the surface of the disk looked rusty, that he should remove the rust with fine glass paper, or perhaps some wet&dry in a pinch. -- ,-_|\ SneakerNet | Andrew Milton | GSM: +61(41)6 022 411 / \ P.O. Box 154 | akm@sneaker.net.au | Fax: +61(2) 9746 8233 \_,-._/ N Strathfield +--+----------------------+---+ Ph: +61(2) 9746 8233 v NSW 2137 | Low cost Internet Solutions |