Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 16:05:22 +0800 (WST) From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.psinet.net.au> To: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> Cc: "Jay D. Nelson" <jdn@qiv.com>, freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installation Problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970511160431.8944A-100000@obiwan.psinet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970510204239.17551B-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
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[snip] > have these extra "psuedo-partitions" at the cost of making things more > non-standard. i mean - if you really wanted 8 partitions, why not just > get a second hard drive? > > / > /dos > /usr > /var > > isn't that enough for a 1 drive system? Linux uses the "normal" partitions, and supports "extended" partitions too (however you can't boot from them). You've forgotten swap there btw :) Adrian
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