Re: Debian and FreeBSD
burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com 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
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