How does partitioning work in FreeBSD? GParted recognizes FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, swap, and many other formats but labels the FreeBSD partition as unknown. Then there are the sub-partitions within the main FreeBSD partition. I'm finding it much more difficult to learn BSD than it was to learn Linux. However, I'm sure it will be worth it, as BSD is legendary for stability and is the basis for Mac OS and other proprietary systems. -- Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com>
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> wrote:> How does partitioning work in FreeBSD? GParted recognizes FAT16, FAT32, > NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, swap, and many other formats but labels the FreeBSD > partition as unknown. Then there are the sub-partitions within the main > FreeBSD partition. > > I'm finding it much more difficult to learn BSD than it was to learn Linux. > However, I'm sure it will be worth it, as BSD is legendary for stability > and is the basis for Mac OS and other proprietary systems. > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> >In Turkish , there is a phrase : ?Ne seninle , ne sensiz? means : It is not possible to be with you AND it is not possible to be without you . Then , if you learn FreeBSD very well and write a paper about how to use it as a server with respect to the latest releases just like described in your papers about Linux servers , it will be very useful for the other less experienced FreeBSD lovers because preparing a paper like yours from the FreeBSD documentation is not a trivial task ( This is my OPINION evolved over time from starting Version 6.2 without using prior versions ). Your papers about Linux servers are really very good and I will try them to apply . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> wrote:> How does partitioning work in FreeBSD? ?GParted recognizes FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, swap, and many other formats but labels the FreeBSD partition as unknown. ?Then there are the sub-partitions within the main FreeBSD partition. >Check the manual here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/install-steps.html I think the first thing you need to understand is, FreeBSD is a UNIX running on x86, not a UNIX rewrote for x86. So the x86-only concept, such as the partitions, may not apply to FreeBSD. In FreeBSD, the term `slice' refers to a record in MBR or GPT table, aka., a partition in x86 world. In a slice, we can use either bsdlabel to create UFS partitions, or install a ZFS pool. So, may be some day gparted can recognize a freebsd slice, it can never labels UFS partitions.> I'm finding it much more difficult to learn BSD than it was to learn Linux. ?However, I'm sure it will be worth it, as BSD is legendary for stability and is the basis for Mac OS and other proprietary systems.Just ask questions in the mailling lists and forums. We answer your questions for free :)> > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >-- Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 04:24:35PM -0500, Jason Hsu wrote:> How does partitioning work in FreeBSD? GParted recognizes FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, swap, and many other formats but labels the FreeBSD partition as unknown. Then there are the sub-partitions within the main FreeBSD partition. > > I'm finding it much more difficult to learn BSD than it was to learn Linux. However, I'm sure it will be worth it, as BSD is legendary for stability and is the basis for Mac OS and other proprietary systems.I think this is the 2nd time you've asked something that is covered in the Handbook. Possibly you haven't gotten to the section yet (it's under Chapter 3): http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disk-organization.html Scroll down to "Benefit of a single file system" and read from there. P.S. -- Just because learning BSD is more difficult doesn't mean BSD is better (yes, you read that right). Every operating system has its pros and cons. Please keep that in mind. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |
On 23.03.2011 00:24, Jason Hsu wrote:> I'm finding it much more difficult to learn BSD than it was to learn > Linux. However, I'm sure it will be worth it, as BSD is legendary > for stability and is the basis for Mac OS and other proprietary > systems.The FreeBSD documentation is not less legendary. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ -- WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 488 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20110322/638d099c/signature.pgp
On Tue, March 22, 2011 2:24 pm, Jason Hsu wrote:> How does partitioning work in FreeBSD? GParted recognizes FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, > ext2, ext3, ext4, swap, and many other formats but labels the FreeBSD partition > as unknown. Then there are the sub-partitions within the main FreeBSD > partition.GParted is not a "native" *BSD utility. It is mostly found on Linux recovery/ utility CD/DVD's. It is developed more with Linux in mind, and has always lacked ufs||ffs modules. So is not suitable for use on *BSD systems. It would be fairly trivial to create the modules to provide *BSD native support. But those who use the BSD family of operating systems fave found that sysinstall(8), fdisk(8) and related, are more than adequate to get the job done. There are also some very informative docs related to these tasks installed as part of your system, as well as available from: http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html It's hard to imagine needing anything else -- even if it's ones very first time. --Chris> > I'm finding it much more difficult to learn BSD than it was to learn Linux. > However, I'm sure it will be worth it, as BSD is legendary for stability and is > the basis for Mac OS and other proprietary systems. > > -- > Jason Hsu <jhsu802701@jasonhsu.com> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >--
On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 16:24 -0500, Jason Hsu wrote:> How does partitioning work in FreeBSD? GParted recognizes FAT16, > FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, ext4, swap, and many other formats but labels > the FreeBSD partition as unknown. Then there are the sub-partitions > within the main FreeBSD partition. > > I'm finding it much more difficult to learn BSD than it was to learn > Linux. However, I'm sure it will be worth it, as BSD is legendary for > stability and is the basis for Mac OS and other proprietary systems. >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/install-steps.html Note that you don't actually need sysinstall to work with FreeBSD partitions at all (but you need a working FreeBSD for that, obviously). The handbook page will give you a very good step-by-step overview on how freebsd *partitions* and *slices* work and what they generally stand for. In fact, shortly after you get a grip on the basics, you will start hating sysinstall completely (this is guaranteed) and never ever use it again (continue with "man fdisk", "man bsdlabel" after that). But first, read the mentioned handbook section carefuly - from that on, you should find partitioning in FreeBSD very easy and intuitive. m. -- Michal Varga, Stonehenge (Gmail account)