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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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