On 9/3/07, stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size > > > (MB) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > sda1 Primary Unknown (27) 10479.01 > > > sda2 Boot Primary FAT16 [] 31453.48 > > > sda3 Primary Linux ReiserFS 39999.54 > > > sda5 Logical Linux swap / Solaris 3997.49 > > > Logical Free Space 74109.78
sda1 is most probably your "rescue" space or bios utilities. Not recommended for deletion. sda2 looks like your vista. sda3 is your linux partition. Recommend not using reiserfs. It has interesting failure cases. Recommend installing linux in an extended partition (along with the swap, which is your sda5). > So, I need to move the Linux partion (using gpartd), reset the boot loader, > and then I can put the 2 BSD's in the remaining 2 primary partions? Unless you want to remove your bios/restore partition, you won't have an additional primary partition. *ponder* Hmm... vague neurons are telling me that ntfs may be bootable from an extended partition. You may have to destroy your vista install to try that, but if it works, then you can have the following: /dev/sda1 - primary restore /dev/sda2 - openbsd /dev/sda3 - freebsd /dev/sda5 - extended linux /dev/sda6 - extended linux swap /dev/sda7 - extended vista > I don't need the suspend to disk functionality anyway. You'll have to get pretty friendly with grub. Alternatively, get very friendly with the windows bootloader (you can use it to boot linux, and probably also openbsd and freebsd). -- "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation.
