Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:22:10 +0100 From: Jacques Foucry <jacques+freebsd@foucry.net> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD Message-ID: <YFMNstnwmDKWKnRe@mithril.foucry.net> In-Reply-To: <20210318075302.bc53f81121ad32ffbfe65961@sohara.org> References: <20210317213615.7e1443af@antix1> <20210318075302.bc53f81121ad32ffbfe65961@sohara.org>
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Le jeudi 18 mars 2021 à 07:53:02 (+0000), Steve O'Hara-Smith à écrit: > On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:36:15 -0600 > Duke Normandin <sidney.reilley.ii@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I want to install both FreeBSD and a Linux distro on an ASUS laptop > > that I just upgraded with a 1T HDD. > > > > I'm not sure how to proceed for a 50-50 split the HDD storage. > > 2 equal Primary partitions? First one gets Freebsd; the 2nd left unused > > until I install a Linux distro? > > You can make any split you like, and leaving a partition marked > unused is perfectly fine. > > I will second the suggestion to use GPT partitioning instead of the > old MBR partitioning which is generally considered obsolete because of its > limitations. I agree too, even I not a specialist. -- Jacques Foucry
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