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Date:      Tue, 03 Jan 2017 01:14:27 +0100
From:      swjatoslaw gerus <milstar2@eml.cc>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   ada0s1 -153 GB linux-data  >  > The first Linux installation, /dev/sda1.  yes can delete that
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> > ada0s1 -153 GB linux-data 
> 
> The first Linux installation, /dev/sda1.
> 
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yws can delete that 

> > ada0s1 -153 GB linux-data 
> 
> The first Linux installation, /dev/sda1.
> 
-- 
  swjatoslaw  gerus
  milstar2@eml.cc

On Mon, Jan 2, 2017, at 10:57 PM, Polytropon wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jan 2017 20:55:31 +0100, swjatoslaw gerus wrote:
> > linux  grub 
> > sda1 1 installation  -32 bit   will delete 
> > sda6 2  installation  -64 bit performed month later  to 1 
> 
> So you want to keep the 64 bit version for now?
> 
> 
> 
> > bsd loader  where is sda1 
> 
> Nowhere. FreeBSD uses a different numbering system.
> 
> 
> 
> > ada0 -298 GB MBR 
> 
> That is the whole disk.
> 
> 
> 
> > ada0s1 -153 GB linux-data 
> 
> The first Linux installation, /dev/sda1.
> 
> Note that FreeBSD (or UNIX in general) calls the 4 primary
> partitions "slices"; their names are ada0s1, ada0s2, ada0s3
> and so on. Inside a slice, BSD partitions can be placed
> which hold the FreeBSD file systems. But you don't need
> to deal with that - the installer will do it correctly.
> It's still worth reading the corresponding chapter in
> the handbook (which I already pointed to).
> 
> 
> 
> > ada0s2-145 GB EBR
> 
> An extended partition container ("MS-DOS extended partition")
> to hold more partitions because you can only have 4 partitions
> ("MS-DOS primary partition") on a drive.
> 
> 
> 
> > ada0s5-141 GB  linux-data
> 
> The second Linux installation.
> 
> 
> 
> > ada0s3 -992 KB  BSD
> > ada0s4-831 KB BSD
> 
> Probably a FreeBSD /boot partition and something else, no idea
> what this is. Too small.
> 
> 
> > da0  -14 GB GPT
> > da0p1  -800 KB efi
> 
> The USB stick.
> 
> 
> 
> >  which kind of operation  - modify ? delete ?
> 
> Delete, as mentioned several times before.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > select partion scheme 
> > APM
> > BSD
> > GPT
> > MBR
> > PC98
> > VTOC8
> > 
> > which of ?
> 
> You already have MBR, as you can see, so stay with MBR layout
> for Linux compatibility. GPT would be advised for a totally
> new installation (on an empty drive).
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

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