From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 31 15:17:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA07435 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 15:17:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from python.shoal.net.au (perrya@python.shoal.net.au [203.26.44.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA07430 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 15:17:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (perrya@localhost) by python.shoal.net.au (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA00501; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 08:17:13 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 08:17:13 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Reply-To: Andrew To: Andy cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Almost conviced hpc types In-Reply-To: <33E0DE33.16EA@usa.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Search the archives at http://www.freebsd.org/search.html this has been discussed heaps before and you should have no problems finding a few posts and I've even seen a few sites listed with comparisons (can't remeber what they are though) If you delete a partition you will lose all the data within. If you want to split/enlarge/reduce a partition there are a few tools around that can do it without damaging the contents. eg: partition magic Andrew Perry andrew@shoal.net.au On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Andy wrote: > Ello there, Listen I have a version of Linux I have been trying to get > up and running without success, since windows seems to want a certain > amount of partition it's basiclly not leting me, well how does freeBSD > compare to linux when it comes to compatabilty of software, flexiblility > and anything else you think is relevent ? I will try linux and BSD but > can you tell me just how it compares to linux ?? > One last thing, is it safe to delete a partition without risking data > within ?? > Cheers a lot >