From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 9 16:25:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34D9B16A41C for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 16:25:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from elon@zwelf.in-dsl.de) Received: from zwelf.in-dsl.de (zwelf.in-dsl.de [217.197.85.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B626143D45 for ; Sat, 9 Jul 2005 16:25:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from elon@zwelf.in-dsl.de) Received: from elon by zwelf.in-dsl.de with local (Exim 4.20) id 1DrI8i-0000qC-O4; Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:25:16 +0000 Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 18:25:16 +0200 From: Leon Messner To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050709162516.GA2971@asterix.bsdserved.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, carlo.matteotti@bluewin.ch References: <42BC91DC000499ED@mssazhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42BC91DC000499ED@mssazhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Cc: carlo.matteotti@bluewin.ch Subject: Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:25:19 -0000 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