Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:06:32 +0530 From: Gobbledegeek <gobbledegeek@gmail.com> To: "Ian Smith" <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using extended partitions.. ? Message-ID: <463aea570607290936p7a2cbfp1584f73063d4b97a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060729233225.15241A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <20060729095840.50A4A16A576@hub.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060729233225.15241A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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Partition magic looks like the least painful option. Thanks for the tip. I'm just gonna try newfs on the logical partitions once and see :) after I change t ptype to ufs from linux fdisk.... just for kicks.. Rgrds On 7/29/06, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org wrote: > > Message: 15 > > > Thanks all. I have XP and linux share the xtended partition, and > > now I want to say bye bye linux (I need XP for worldwind s/w) . > > That's different then. If you want to keep XP (and keep it within that > extended partition) then you can't delete the extended partition. You > could use Partition Magic (ono) to delete the linux logical drive, then > shrink the extended partition to make space for another slice (maximum > of four), which is what you'll need for another UFS slice. > > > Ido not see the extended logical drives containing ext3 from > > sysinstall that is the problem. > > You won't - fdisk sees the four slices only, the 'extended partition' > being one of those entire, with it's specific type. > > What does just 'fdisk' say? (you can do this anytime, it just lists) > > The view from linux &| XP fdisk may be useful also. > > > The cmdline freebsd fdisk feels like a throw back tp the pdp-11 days :) > > Definitely to be used with due care. I generally prefer trusting > sysinstall to be good with the maths - but keep a beady eye on it too. > > > So I'm going to try and mount them from bsd below my home > > folder, without deleting them first... until I work out exactly how > > to use the fbsd fdiks cmdline without damaging anything. > > You can mount them, readonly anyway, knowing that the first 'logical > drive' within the 'extended partition' appears as ad0s5, the second as > ad0s6 etc, assuming ad0 of course. > > Cheers, Ian > > -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!]
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