On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 09:25 -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 08:06 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 17:04 -0700, Warren Block wrote: > >>>> # gpart create -s bsd ada0s1 > >>>> gpart: geom 'ada0s1': File exists > >>> > >>> Sorry, no idea on that. Because of the extended partitions, maybe. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> > >> so this should work and if it doesn't work, I can't install FreeBSD? > >> > >> Anything else I can try? > > > > I'm downloading PC-BSD 8.2 x64, assumed partitioning should work, will > > it be possible to update to FreeBSD 9.x or do they differ, similar as > > different Linux distros can differ? > > PC-BSD is FreeBSD, and there is a 9.x version. I don't know what it > uses for partitioning code, but if you value your data, back up first.
I chose 8.2, to get another version for partitioning. However, I'll also test your recommendation from your previous mail. # gpart modify -i1 -t freebsd-ufs da0 And I'll avoid to use the cursor keys next time, to get a better log file. Thank you for your help, Ralf _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"