On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Jason Hsu <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > -- Zhihao Yuan The best way to predict the future is to invent it. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
