Using extended partitions.. ?

[Gobbledegeek]

Partition magic  looks like  the  least painful option. Thanks for  the tip.

I'm just  gonna try newfs on  the logical partitions once and  see  :)
 after I  change t ptype to ufs  from  linux  fdisk.... just  for
kicks..

Rgrds

On 7/29/06, Ian Smith <smithi at nimnet.asn.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 freebsd-questions-request at freebsd.org wrote:
>  > Message: 15
>
>  > Thanks all.  I  have XP and linux  share  the  xtended partition,  and
>  >  now I want to say bye bye  linux (I  need  XP for worldwind  s/w) .
>
> That's different then.  If you want to keep XP (and keep it within that
> extended partition) then you can't delete the extended partition.  You
> could use Partition Magic (ono) to delete the linux logical drive, then
> shrink the extended partition to make space for another slice (maximum
> of four), which is what you'll need for another UFS slice.
>
>  > Ido not  see the extended  logical drives containing  ext3 from
>  > sysinstall that  is the problem.
>
> You won't - fdisk sees the four slices only, the 'extended partition'
> being one of those entire, with it's specific type.
>
> What does just 'fdisk' say? (you can do this anytime, it just lists)
>
> The view from linux &| XP fdisk may be useful also.
>
>  > The cmdline freebsd  fdisk feels  like  a  throw  back tp the  pdp-11 days :)
>
> Definitely to be used with due care.  I generally prefer trusting
> sysinstall to be good with the maths - but keep a beady eye on it too.
>
>  > So I'm  going to  try and  mount  them  from bsd  below  my  home
>  > folder,  without deleting them first... until I work  out  exactly how
>  >  to  use  the fbsd fdiks  cmdline without  damaging  anything.
>
> You can mount them, readonly anyway, knowing that the first 'logical
> drive' within the 'extended partition' appears as ad0s5, the second as
> ad0s6 etc, assuming ad0 of course.
>
> Cheers, Ian
>
>


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Rgrds
GobbledeGeek
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