Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:40:00 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Gobbledegeek <gobbledegeek@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using extended partitions.. ? Message-ID: <20060728214000.GA79865@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <463aea570607281355n523f4bfrbda671635aea107b@mail.gmail.com> References: <463aea570607281355n523f4bfrbda671635aea107b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 02:25:51AM +0530, Gobbledegeek wrote: > I've wanted to try this for a long time, but I believed its not > possible, but never asked anyone so.... > > Is it possible to have multiple freebsd slices (partitions) on a > single disk ? Yes, of course. > For example, I already got a fbsd slice with > partitions in it, now I want to add another and use that space, > after deleting a windoze partition. Should work fine. > > What about using an extended logical partition as a freebsd slice? I think that you can do that, but that you won't be able to boot FreeBSD from such a partition. I have never tried using an extended logical partition though, so take this answer with a pinch of salt. > > I am quite comfortable with linus fdisk, but the fbsd one > feels like the plauge to me. Is the linux port of fdisk a better > choice? > > I run all my linux partitions from within ext-logical ones (all > but root) and I want to clear them and reuse them for freebsd. > > Please cc me as I am not subscribed. > -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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