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[2001:56a:7862:e400:16da:e9ff:fe13:6b04]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q10sm2713789pgs.44.2021.03.18.11.07.51 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:07:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:07:51 -0600 From: Duke Normandin To: Lowell Gilbert Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD Message-Id: <20210318120751.23e1e2f565e2face195d9d73@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44czvwgza8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20210317213615.7e1443af@antix1> <20210318105902.0fad52928f1c43dea056bcb6@gmail.com> <44czvwgza8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F1Zkd4npbz4Xfk X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=qkrXwH+l; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of sidneyreilleyii@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::102e as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=sidneyreilleyii@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.50 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::102e:from]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::102e:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::102e:from]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:07:54 -0000 On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:14:07 -0400 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Duke Normandin writes: > > > On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:40:27 -0700 > > Kevin Oberman 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. Will do!! Much obliged! -- Duke