[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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
I did that (Linux + FreeBSD), but I was using fdisk. Hope this helps. Regards Dragos Bucharest, Romania
