From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 13:29:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08C56106566C for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:29:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3fd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66DFE8FC16 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:29:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p5BDTha4058008 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:29:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.3 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk p5BDTha4058008 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1307798991; bh=lj0fYn1vqc6OTVTXYpqzOKQbsCfV8teX9TKq/y/h6IM=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<4DF36DBF.7020500@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20S at,=2011=20Jun=202011=2014:29:35=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman= 20|User-Agent:=20Mozilla/5.0=20(M acintosh=3B=20U=3B=20Intel=20Mac=20OS=20X=2010.6=3B=20en-US=3B=20r v:1.9.2.17)=20Gecko/20110414=20Thunderbird/3.1.10|MIME-Version:=20 1.0|To:=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20Query=20a bout=20FreeBSD=20and=20primary=20partitions=20requirements|Referen ces:=20|In-Reply-To:=20|X-Enigmail-Version:=201.1.1|OpenPGP:=20id= 3D60AE908C|Content-Type:=20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha1 =3B=0D=0A=20protocol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boun dary=3D"------------enigC18FC2FC2F1CCCD3E4B6A499"; b=SvE1XQwrTwT0hecvEYWs7d9JNfu14hxtD97avXb5HeasPwZYK+tRPMW/NJeN9+HO6 C+kAtUV43AA56EU/57pO/oM3JRVeuK//JyRkoJkl/gm+jjVKrAnvt7hmdV8HWaDS/M YO/Qhf59R0BFmu0/8w7e0hpmzhbxR5RbT3GMd90o= Message-ID: <4DF36DBF.7020500@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:29:35 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 OpenPGP: id=60AE908C Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigC18FC2FC2F1CCCD3E4B6A499" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Subject: Re: Query about FreeBSD and primary partitions requirements X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:29:56 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigC18FC2FC2F1CCCD3E4B6A499 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/06/2011 08:18, Bret Busby wrote: > Some time ago, I asked on this list, about installing FreeBSD, and it > was then confirmed that FreeBSD requires to be installed in a primary > partition. >=20 > That is consistent with the current FreeBSD Handbook, which states > "FreeBSD must be installed into a primary partition." >=20 > However, in the last couple of days, I have been advised that FreeBSD > can be installed in, and, quite happily runs in, a logical partition > within an extended partition. >=20 > Has anyone other than the person who advised me of that, tested the > installation and operation of FreeBSD, within a logical patition of an > extended partition, that has given a result that confirms that FeeBSD > can now be successfully installed and run, in a logical partition of an= > extended partition of a hard drive? FreeBSD can mount and use filesystems created on partitions inside 'extended partition' type slices (cue standard exposition of the difference between partitions and slices in FreeBSD-speak.) True. However, I believe that you may well have difficulty *booting* FreeBSD unless the kernel (ie. /boot) can be read from a primary partition. Also, I don't think sysinstall(8) groks extended partitions very well, so you will probably have some fun doing the actual installation. Certainly not impossible, but not something you should contemplate if you still consider yourself just a beginner. Of course, this discussion only applies to DOS MBR style partitioning, which is fairly rapidly going the way of the Dodo (at least in the FreeBSD world.) Unless you need the backwards compatibility, GPT looks like a much more attractive proposition for a new machine nowadays. 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