Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 18:25:16 +0200 From: Leon Messner <lwlbsd@compuserve.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: carlo.matteotti@bluewin.ch Subject: Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050709162516.GA2971@asterix.bsdserved.de> In-Reply-To: <42BC91DC000499ED@mssazhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch> References: <42BC91DC000499ED@mssazhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch>
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On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 01:04:01PM +0000, carlo.matteotti@bluewin.ch wrote: > Hi all, > I have a FreeBSD slice (/dev/ad4s3) on which my FreeBSD system lives and > some unused free diskspace (resulting from deletion of another OS (no names > :-))) on the harddisk. I'd like to use this free diskspace with FreeBSD. > I was unable to figure out how to do that using 'fdisk and friends'. > Hi, IMHO the fastest way is using either sysinstall or fdisk to delete the old "no names" slice and create a FreeBSD (type 165/0xA5) slice. After that you can create partition(s) within that new slice using disklabel/sysinstall. You should fsck the partition afterwards. Pay attention to your orig. FreeBSD slice while doing this and have a bootable rescue CD near you. HTH, Leon -- gnupg key ID: 9B820836 & Fingerprint: 6081 8F41 8FEC 0D69 DB98 F014 0FD4 B47D 9B82 0836
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