Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:58:53 -0400 From: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> To: carlo.matteotti@bluewin.ch, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD Message-ID: <200507091258.53748.ean@hedron.org> In-Reply-To: <42BC91DC00049E40@mssazhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch> References: <42BC91DC00049E40@mssazhh-int.msg.bluewin.ch>
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On July 9, 2005 11:07 am, you wrote: > Thanks, Ean, for your reply. > I tried it as you proposed. > The problem is that when it comes to saving the changes the following > message pops up: 'ERROR: Unable to write data to disk ad4!' Did you run it as root? Please copy the list with your answer. > > Carlo. > > >-- Original-Nachricht -- > >From: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 10:52:20 -0400 > >Subject: Re: adding unused disk space for FreeBSD > > > >On July 9, 2005 09:04 am, carlo.matteotti@bluewin.ch wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> I have a FreeBSD slice (/dev/ad4s3) on which my FreeBSD system lives and > >> some unused free diskspace (resulting from deletion of another OS (no > > names > > >> :-))) on the harddisk. I'd like to use this free diskspace with FreeBSD. > >> > >> I was unable to figure out how to do that using 'fdisk and friends'. > > > >You can do it on the command line with fdisk, bsdlabel, and newfs. It is > >a bit > >easier to explain using sysinstall so, here is the sysinstall way: > > > >#/stand/sysinstall > > Configure->Fdisk->(select the disk)->(select the unused slice)->T(to > > change > > > >type to FreeBSD)->W(to save the changes)... > > Label->choose the disk and start creating partitions->be sure to make the > >new > >slices for newfs > > > >-- > >Ean Kingston > > > >E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org > >URL: http://www.hedron.org/ > >I am currently looking for work. If you need competent system/network > >administration please feel free to contact me directly. > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/ I am currently looking for work. If you need competent system/network administration please feel free to contact me directly.
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