From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 25 15:25: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from merlin.ilstu.edu (merlin.ilstu.edu [138.87.4.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 128C015213 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:24:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fordp@guide.chi.il.us) Received: from Zaphod (south212038.resnet.ilstu.edu [138.87.212.38]) by merlin.ilstu.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id RAA22172; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:24:39 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20000125172155.00710290@pop.interaccess.com> X-Sender: fordp@pop.interaccess.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:21:55 -0600 To: "Kevin Oberman" From: Ford Prefect Subject: Re: creating freebsd partition Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200001252242.OAA18358@ptavv.es.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There is a tool called fips that may be of help to you, it is located on the cd in the tools directory (I think) otherwise it can be found at http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/ I've never used this, but I believe it is meant for similar tasks. (breaking up a partition for a new one can be created.) -Steve At 02:42 PM 1/25/00 -0800, you wrote: >OK, so extended partitions are a kludge, but I have a system already >running Windows with a 6 GB disk that is already partitioned into a 4 >GB primary and a 2 GB extended partition. It's already running Windows >and, much as I wish it was otherwise, I need to keep running Windows >part time on that system. I really don't want to have to re-install >Windows, either. > >Is it hopeless or is there some way to make this work? I did see one >message from someone who said he had installed FreeBSD in an extended >partition. and the novice install (in sysinstall) seems to accept it >when I tell it to make the extended partition into a FreeBSD >partition, although I bailed before it actually did anything. > >R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer >Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) >Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) >E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > *=====================================================* \ Ford Prefect Ahead of my time. \ \ fordp@guide.chi.il.us but only by a week. \ \ homepage.interaccess.com/~fordp \ \ \ \ ((In esperanto where available)) \ *=====================================================* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message