Synopsis: FreeBSD interactive install tool unable to repartition a slice with a non-FreeBSD file system and system id.
Description: I've just installed FreeBSD (4.6-RELEASE) on a Linux machine for the first time on that particular machine. My plan was to use a redundant primary partition on the first IDE harddisk for a test installation. The partition in question contained a fully functioning ext2fs file system. Using the interactive FDISK partition editor I changed the filesystem id from Linux (0x83) to FreeBSD (0xA5) and proceeded to the disklabel editor, where I attempted to create partitions in the rededicated slice. However any attempt was answered with the the message "Unable to create the partition. Too big?" even using the "Auto defaults" option. After trying various things (random panic option tweaking, expletive cursing etc.) I booted into Linux and used the Linux fdisk to set the partition / slice type to FreeBSD. (I left the filesystem as it was). On restarting the FreeBSD installation process, I was able to create partitions as expected and the slice was formatted correctly. Is this a bug or have I missed something? Yours S.Mazerski To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
