Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 10:12:52 -0000 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "'jbergero@cgocable.ca'" <jbergero@cgocable.ca> Subject: RE: HD space Message-ID: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B3D32D7@exchange>
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BexBox wrote: >Hi , I got a serious problem... > > Let me shows you an example, If I want to install FreeBSD on a 30 MB >partition I will never have enough space I know that , but if I try it >will tell me that the partition is full during the setup. And now come >my problem, I am a win95 user, so I want that space back for my windows, >but this space is lost somewhere I dont know, if I want it back I have >to create a new partition like d: but I want this space back on my c: >... I dont want to create a new partition to get this "lost space" back >everytime my setup is stop for any reason... > >Anyone can help ? I really need this help! > > >Thanks I bet you used the 'fips' utility to shrink your C partition to make some space for the FreeBSD partition. I did this in the past for a Linux install and all was fine. The problem comes when you want to 'grow' the C partition using 'fips'. It seems that fips will not enlarge a partition, only shrink one. It was a while since I used fips, so maybe it's fixed now. The only way to get your space back on C is either to repartition the disk (complete reinstall), or find a program like 'fips' that will enlarge an existing partition. Maybe that program 'partition magic' will do it for you. This costs money though :-(. Jeff --------------------------------------------------- Jeffery Bond <mailto:jeffbond@compuserve.com> <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jeffbond>; ---------------------------------------------------
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