Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:14:07 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Duke Normandin <sidney.reilley.ii@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD Message-ID: <44czvwgza8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20210318105902.0fad52928f1c43dea056bcb6@gmail.com> (Duke Normandin's message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:59:02 -0600") References: <20210317213615.7e1443af@antix1> <CAN6yY1sK-aFEOmWTbo%2Boo1mWVdNiU6emMUMXwkw7Vy4m6CA_kA@mail.gmail.com> <20210318105902.0fad52928f1c43dea056bcb6@gmail.com>
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Duke Normandin <sidney.reilley.ii@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:40:27 -0700 > Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > >> FreeBSD defaults to putting everything in one partition. There is no >> requirement for more than one. > > Good to know! But what if I want to dual-boot a Linux distro as well? > Do I allow space for it beforehand, i.e while I'm partitioning for > FreeBSD? OR do I shrink the FreeBSD partition while trying to install > the Linux distro? Just leave it unused for now. There's no need to complicate things.
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