Using extended partitions.. ?

[Erik Trulsson]

On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 02:25:51AM +0530, Gobbledegeek wrote:
> I've wanted to try  this for a  long time,  but  I believed  its  not
> possible,  but  never  asked  anyone so....
> 
> Is  it possible to have multiple freebsd slices (partitions)  on a
> single disk ?

Yes, of course.

>  For  example, I  already got a  fbsd slice  with
> partitions in it,  now  I  want to  add  another and  use that  space,
> after deleting  a windoze partition.

Should work fine.


> 
> What about using  an  extended  logical  partition  as  a freebsd  slice?

I think that you can do that, but that you won't be able to boot FreeBSD
from such a partition.  I have never tried using an extended logical
partition though, so take this answer with a pinch of salt.


> 
> I  am   quite comfortable  with  linus  fdisk, but  the  fbsd one
> feels like the plauge to me.  Is  the  linux  port of fdisk a  better
> choice?
> 
> I run all  my linux partitions  from within  ext-logical ones (all
> but root) and  I want to   clear them and reuse them for freebsd.
> 
> Please cc  me as I am not subscribed.
> 


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