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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:42:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>
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Subject: Re: How te create extra slice on a disk?
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On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Peter Mutsaers wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> On a disk I have a FreeBSD slice containing several filesystems. The
> slice is within a DOS partition scheme.
> 
> There is another primary partition that I'd like to use as an extra
> filesystem, but only sometimes; at other times I want to use it for
> DOS or other purposes.
> 
> Is it possible to add a second slice with disklabel on a disk, where
> another slice already exists?
> 

Sure, I guess; make sure you use the correct file system type.


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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