Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:09:18 +0200 From: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> To: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, eugene@streetcar.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation question - partitioning Message-ID: <39E4BADE.977FF6@gmx.de> References: <OJEFLNJDBPDANNEDGCBOKEMICKAA.eugene@streetcar.com> <39E4AD52.8266DA9F@acuson.com>
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> FreeBSD can't use DOS extended partitions for its own stuff. It has its > own "extended" slice/partition scheme. Please see the FreeBSD Handbook > for more information. It is possible (Iīm actually doing this), but as fdisk donīt support this process, you have to calculate the correct CHS-values by hand and force fdisk to use them. The solution below presented by my predecessor is much easier. > So you will need a primary partition to install FreeBSD to, but you will > still be able to access your extended partitions. Looking at your > current setup, I would recommend a good non-destructive repartitioner > like Partition Magic or System Commander. I'm not experienced with NTFS, > but my guess is that FreeBSD will only be able to access it as > read-only. Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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