Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:18:02 +0100 From: Olivier Gautherot <olivier@gautherot.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Decent partition editor Message-ID: <41D4708A.3050901@gautherot.net>
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Hi folks!
I was reorganizing my hard-disks these days to suppress all Linux and
ext2fs stuff - I finally decided I wanted to keep just FreeBSD on my desktop
at home. The 2 disks were scattered in 8 partitions in total and I
decided to
group some of them. That's where the headaches started...
I tried to use fdisk but the syntax is complex - I'm sure it is a
powerful tool
but changing partitions is not a game where you just take a chance: when
your data are gone... they *ARE* gone. I tried also sysinstall but, for some
reason, the partition table was not updated (I just mean to extend the
/home partition, not install a new system).
If you take Windows, Linux or BeOS, they all come with a decent editor.
In the end, I spent more time on the FreeBSD man pages than { shutting down
FreeBSD, booting Zeta (the new BeOS), opening the partition editor,
3 mouse clicks (to unlock the partitions, select the partition type and
commit the changes), moving a slider to the appropriate size, shutting
down Zeta and booting FreeBSD }. It worked like a charm.
Does anyone know if there is such an editor in the ports? I have not seen
any but it would be damn good...
Thanks in advance
Olivier
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