Partitioning 1T HDD

[Jacques Foucry]

Le jeudi 18 mars 2021 à 07:53:02 (+0000), Steve O'Hara-Smith à écrit:
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:36:15 -0600
> Duke Normandin <sidney.reilley.ii at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I want to install both FreeBSD and a Linux distro on an ASUS laptop
> > that I just upgraded with a 1T HDD.
> > 
> > I'm not sure how to proceed for a 50-50 split the HDD storage.
> > 2 equal Primary partitions? First one gets Freebsd; the 2nd left unused
> > until I install a Linux distro?
> 
> 	You can make any split you like, and leaving a partition marked
> unused is perfectly fine.
> 
> 	I will second the suggestion to use GPT partitioning instead of the
> old MBR partitioning which is generally considered obsolete because of its
> limitations.


I agree too, even I not a specialist.

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Jacques Foucry