From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 8 22:34:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF3716A41A for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:34:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2492813C455 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:34:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m08MX55a048302; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:33:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m08MX5Qp048301; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:33:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:33:05 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Message-ID: <20080108223305.GA48272@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4782EEF0.80809@gmail.com> <20080108155509.GD42838@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4783F44F.5070303@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4783F44F.5070303@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Jerry McAllister , FreeBSD Question Subject: Re: changing the postion of a partion in fdisk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:34:58 -0000 On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 05:08:15PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 10:33:04PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > > >> I have my FreeBSD partition as partition 1 and my ntfs as > >> partition 2 but Vista insists that there is no suitable partion > >> to install to (even though the ntfs partition is big enough)... > >> after some research I found that vista absolutely insists that > >> the ntfs partition be partition 1... how do I swap them and/or > >> delete the ntfs one and renumber it so freebsd is in partion slot > >> 2 (with nothing in 1 and then I can use fdisk to make a new slot > >> 1) > > > > Well, you can use fdisk from the fixit shell to make your slice 2 > > (note the primary divisions are called 'slices' in FreeBSD) in to a > > FreeBSD type and then create your FreeBSD partitions in it and > > build FreeBSD filesystems there. > > I think I should of been a little more specific the physical layout is > completely correct (i.e. the sizes, start/end tracks, etc.) the only > problem is the logical numbering of the partitions/slices in the mbr > idea of the table... namely I just need to relabel them not modify > them in any way. I don't think you can make slice 2 become slice 1. The system numbers them in order of appearance. This comes from BIOS standard usage. ////jerry