James
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I have an old 14GB disk formatted under FreeBSD with files on it I would like to migrate to my WinXP system. Is there anything Partition Magic-like that will convert it directly, or do I have to build another FreeBSD box?
Convert FreeBSD partition to NTFS or FAT32?
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Fatwah on Western Digital
Use a Linux install CD, and its fdisk, and all you have to do is change the partition number. You can exit the install at any time after that.
You could also use one of the disk manufacturer's easy setup utilities to fix it, I think.
You could also use one of the disk manufacturer's easy setup utilities to fix it, I think.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
I think you're SOL on that one. Check freshmeat to be sure.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
OK, first post was when I just thought James wanted to reformat his disk. Then I thought... this is James. He knows how to do that.
So I "stopped" my posted, re-read his post and wrote the second thing.
Carry on. Nothing to see here.
So I "stopped" my posted, re-read his post and wrote the second thing.
Carry on. Nothing to see here.
James
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Hmm. What's the difference between the FreeBSD disk format vs. the Linux norm, ext2 or whatever it is? I can convert Linux partitions to FAT32/NTFS using PM8 I believe.
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Fatwah on Western Digital
IIRC FreeBSD uses UFS.
The best answer I can think of is that you mount your UFS disk on a linux box and transfer all its data to something FAT32-ish.
The best answer I can think of is that you mount your UFS disk on a linux box and transfer all its data to something FAT32-ish.
James
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Yes, that's my problem - I don't have a spare disk large enough.