Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 15:30:58 -0500 From: "Mark S. Reichman" <mark@borg.com> To: Mark Hannon <mark.hannon@stockholm.mail.telia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use extended partition for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <36E19082.B11A7AC5@borg.com> References: <36E14B67.E5427D07@stockholm.mail.telia.com>
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I just did this... About 2 weeks ago actually.
I used /stand/sysinstall for the whole thing.
Use:
5 Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD
Then:
L Label The disk Label editor
F Fdisk The disk Slice (PC-style partition) Editor
I fount it easier. Not easy... But easier..
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to reuse an old DOS extended partition to extend my FreeBSD
> diskspace. My primary FreeBSD partition is wd0s3, the partition I am
> trying
> to use is wd0s6.
>
> The disktools only seem aimed at installing onto primary partitions so I
> am
> using disklabel etal. However, with no luck, when I try to label the
> disk I
> get:
>
> putte:~# disklabel -w -r wd0s6 auto
> disklabel: ioctl DIOCGDINFO: Invalid argument
> disklabel: auto: unknown disk type
>
> Any other suggestions as to how to do this?
>
> Regards/Mark
>
> PS Running 3.1-RELEASE
>
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