tryed to delete ...as expected no root partition Re: ada0s1 -153 GB linux-data > > The first Linux installation, /dev/sda1. yes can delete that

[swjatoslaw gerus]

tryed to delete  ...as expected  .... no root partition  
free bsd partition   with /

not   deleted
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Re: ada0s1 -153 GB linux-data  >  > The first Linux installation,
/dev/sda1.  yes can delete that

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  swjatoslaw  gerus
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On Tue, Jan 3, 2017, at 01:14 AM, swjatoslaw gerus wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
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>   swjatoslaw  gerus
>   milstar2 at 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
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> > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
> 
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