All, This is a return to an oldie I started some time ago.
Now I have FreeBSD on hand, I'd like to install it 'next to' Linux. There's a FreeBSD + Linux HOWTO, and it answers some questions, but: I'm exploring GNU parted for partition resizing of my 30G hard drive. I can it seems resize my current /dev/hda3 partition (my main Linux partition) and create a new /dev/hda4 partition to hold FreeBSD, however parted doesn't -seem- to be able to create partitions of type BSD/386, which is what is needed for FreeBSD. The filesystem types which parted is able to create are: ext2, FAT, hfs, linux-swap, ntfs, reiserfs, hp-ufs, sun-ufs. I have read (in the Linux + FreeBSD mini-HOWTO and elsewhere) that FreeBSD is type UFS (the BSD/386 label being more ... specific? would that be accurate?). But ... which type? And how do I get from one of the UFSs that parted allows me to create to the BSD/386 partition that I need? Am I missing something obvious? Sorry, it's late and I'm tired. Would be interested to hear from anyone who has done this. Thanks, Glenn Becker +----------------+ http://www.burningclown.com "Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All" +----------------+
