Hello,
By default, there are two partitions: a system partition and a work partition. I have some free space on the disk and would like to add a third partition, which should also be visible on the AROS desktop.
Best regards,

You can use SYS:Tools/HDToolBox but it's not easy to use for beginner. My suggestion is to first experiement with using it under a scratch system installation under a VM before you start using it on real hardware as it is easy to damage your disk if you have no experience with using it.

I have two drives; one has ArosGames installed, and the other also has ArosGames (I couldn't get ArosOne64 to boot from the disc, as I mentioned in another thread). I’d like to experiment a bit with this second one—is there a guide somewhere on how to use it? So far, I haven't been able to do anything other than see the names of the drives.

Hi,

Have a look here https://en.wikibo...sdos_disks but it does start with wiping the drive and adding partitions is half way down. The details are old so like Deadwood says test on something you do not mind wiping.

If I create an additional partition using GParted, will it be visible in AROS?

You need to be careful: AROS will only use partitions as its disks if they are RAW; if they are initialized or formatted, it will take up the entire disk.
With HDToolbox, you can actually create as many partitions as you want, but it's not easy—check out this old video of mine from 15 years ago.

A 500 GB disk, with 45 GB for the System and 124 GB for "Work"—is the rest unformatted, i.e., RAW?

Hi,

What does View -> Device Information say?

Open hdtoolbox, choose the device, it has to be MBR first of all, then create an RDB partition, it doesn't matter how big it is, then create a new partition and resize it. SFS doesn't support more than 120 GB, it has to be of type BE. Then just select to mount it at startup, not to boot from it—all this is regarding a new HD.

I’ll put this attempt on hold—perhaps if I find a different partitioning program for AROS, I’ll try again. Thanks for your time.

ok I'm at your disposal, bye

@Bilbo
By “RAW partition,” I meant a partition that hasn't been initialized or formatted. This is the method for setting up a dual-boot system; by doing this, InstallAROS will ignore any Windows or other OS partitions and use that RAW partition as its hard drive. If you don't have a RAW partition, InstallAROS will take over the entire disk and delete any Windows or other OS partitions.
I’m not sure if the latest AROS builds still work properly; in the past, I reported that InstallAROS would mistakenly delete all partitions anyway.

Regarding the partition issue, if you don’t see those partitions in HDToolbox, use a partition manager to change the Type ID to 0x76.

I’ve used Type ID 0x76 partitions many times on the Amiga so that HDToolbox can see and manage them; it should work with AROS as well.

You can see the Type ID 0x76 setting in the attached screenshot.