Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 10:16:14 -0500 From: jrrelay@juno.com To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: jrrelay@juno.com Subject: Re: Ask for FreeBSD support here! Let's join forces! Message-ID: <20060903.101614.964.6.jrrelay@juno.com>
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> >> I'm probably stating the blatantly obvious, but the trick is how > we can > >> convince them that FreeBSD is a "common OS", I guess :) > > > > Not an easy task, 60% of all companies I talked too > > had problems to get int installed on an used hardware. my difficulty installing freebsd was after starting the installation and then learning freebsd must be installed in a primary partition. with very large disk drives i have many more than four partitions. modern linux distributions may be installed in any primary OR extended partition.. the grub loader can now begin the bootload from any partion. i do not understand if there is a reason for restricting installation of freebsd to a primary partition. to me, this restriction is a big negative point against freebsd. jrrelay@juno.com
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