From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 22:15:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CA4F16A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:15:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freedombi.com (epicprofiles.com [207.179.98.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C4B043D49 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:15:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from charles@idealso.com) Received: by freedombi.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4D757728E5; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:15:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from freedombi.com (localhost [192.168.10.108]) by freedombi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9255C727FD; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:15:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from 24.11.146.21 (SquirrelMail authenticated user charles); by freedombi.com with HTTP; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:15:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <43459.24.11.146.21.1104444903.squirrel@24.11.146.21> In-Reply-To: <41D4708A.3050901@gautherot.net> References: <41D4708A.3050901@gautherot.net> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:15:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Charles Ulrich" To: "Olivier Gautherot" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on freedombi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=7.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent partition editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:15:06 -0000 Olivier Gautherot said: > 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 > > P.S. please copy me on follow ups as I not subscribed to this list. One of the downfalls to BSD's partitioning system is that it requires its own special tools. Whenever I need to create or modify FreeBSD partitions and labels, I just boot an installation CD and use the fdisk and label utilities. -- Charles Ulrich Ideal Solution, LLC - http://www.idealso.com