From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 18 20:00:39 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A21D5AACB1 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:00:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oo1-xc2c.google.com (mail-oo1-xc2c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2c]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F1dDk1LZ5z4gFF for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 20:00:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: by mail-oo1-xc2c.google.com with SMTP id c12-20020a4ae24c0000b02901bad05f40e4so1737115oot.4 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:00:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=4wu1felxwbkvez8xYakMlcM1ZK0IR1115MaxvGslOxc=; b=L0IGL1uNtTIdhonvzrr4TepA2MBcEfO9JsmdQ8gU1AIC5h6WBhiYsSU80Rj7dUlyah MPgJ68AgTjXwiqrcyWZhjzKA35M6b9QqE6JB13mF/266d541+IcAYqNGAiNXkGoJYqrG SYDK+Mv8bPmRhZIE+YUpGorDkn6WWsZLw/Q8VWN5qZf6Wrh1c95g5ET6Gw8H+zbqcfo2 uNHpT+/jackqwtUkZfSRRk7QSst/qmKQQRMNtkqhBwZB15UcCdvBrNsfv/m+OXze1rGL wt1QEPFCqhHNITz1YAF2NxxlJ1ZG0kTDyBak5GyV7j2zs5IGq87n1R78I6XrCv4c8X5d BShg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=4wu1felxwbkvez8xYakMlcM1ZK0IR1115MaxvGslOxc=; b=J552k4p0+fNBCySzvP4PDu+9LgN3stSetZL037M+wznMx0sag+aFwgE+WhVEV319sS TJvOZD3j5BvU773/A/Cuudo0YYFvhake2Hxv2UPFkN/NspAxp3kG1AXPg7KCo5mnTS0S IXn45CNtrtyp/flMGdTzJkvd3cjxOIlJ0pCRiKn9zpzRZ/3ARLAsdF7HyCo2dos5HS5E RX8boMIpHXbHQp+DwT3UKBCUJ2eUVdlCqKm1+C88oH+tEF2SbAPpUbL7Zy9l4CSMloYa 8Pyl9bcjtKtE4gtWC4jGcxU6JcOqrJe4d50MfLqwz9JU81wMuKJw0U2YdGukegMzxLIi ziBg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532sMDnRWf5Hko9TOGTl6J1HR70Hf9iHvJuNGAFid742CtMH4hLi JtAFHcOpQBMfh5n0of9MON8QUGL+sRCt6YbmRn8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxSpxmDLT1/byKdLVX4qanecUU1gTW36b2jGQ75xf4I33WEi598kWB9iaAVJ2m1ZV8rog2HfHv9uUEieHBa1h4= X-Received: by 2002:a4a:be86:: with SMTP id o6mr8891597oop.70.1616097636835; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:00:36 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210317213615.7e1443af@antix1> <20210318105902.0fad52928f1c43dea056bcb6@gmail.com> <44czvwgza8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20210318120751.23e1e2f565e2face195d9d73@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20210318120751.23e1e2f565e2face195d9d73@gmail.com> From: Kevin Oberman Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:00:20 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD To: Duke Normandin Cc: Lowell Gilbert , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F1dDk1LZ5z4gFF X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=L0IGL1uN; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of kob6558@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2c as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kob6558@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.70 / 15.00]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[rkoberman@gmail.com,kob6558@gmail.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[rkoberman@gmail.com,kob6558@gmail.com]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2c:from]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2c:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::c2c:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 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 20:00:39 -0000 I'd like to point out the GPT works for either MBR or EFI booting. My old laptop had broken EFI support, so had to be MBR, but the partitioning was GPT which is far easier to use and manage. It is likely true that EFI requires GPT, but MBR does not. I'm not even positive about EFI requirements, but it does need more partitions, so using it without GPT would be, at best, awkward. -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 11:08 AM Duke Normandin wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >