From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 21 4:33:21 2002 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 4851637B401 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:33:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D352C43E6A for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:33:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9LBXCei028465 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:33:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9LBX75w028464 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:33:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:33:07 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FDISK Partition Editor & Win2K Dual Boot Message-ID: <20021021113307.GD27016@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <000801c27889$83abeb10$be01a8c0@afi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000801c27889$83abeb10$be01a8c0@afi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-9.9 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 06:39:05PM -0400, lists@brenius.com wrote: > Logical layout: > > C:\ NTFS w/ Win2k Pro installed (CANNOT be lost! > Empty unformatted space/unpartitioned > E:\ NTFS 10GB w/ Not to be lost data as well (Yes it is sort of backed up). > Here is what I see in the FDISK Partition Editor: > http://poontos.paulsonator.com/partition.html Uh --- that partition table you've posted doesn't correspond to the logical layout you've given: there's no space between the ad0s1 (C:) and ad0s2 (E:) slices. I suppose your question then is "how can I divide up my current 15Gb ad0s2 slice into a 5Gb ad0s2 slice and a 10Gb ad0s3 slice, preserving the contents of the original ad0s2 into ad0s3, and using the new ad0s2 for FreeBSD?" If so, that's quite a tricky proposition from FreeBSD --- you're going to have to create a new NTFS filesystem on what would be ad0s3, and move the current contents of your E: drive onto it *including all the stuff you've just overwritten by creating the new file system*. My best advice to you would be to obtain a copy of Partition Magic (http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/pmdetails.cfm) or a similar package and divide up the E: partition from within W2K. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message