Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 07:53:02 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning 1T HDD Message-ID: <20210318075302.bc53f81121ad32ffbfe65961@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20210317213615.7e1443af@antix1> References: <20210317213615.7e1443af@antix1>
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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. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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