From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 5 15: 7:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED84E1553E for ; Wed, 5 May 1999 15:07:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA15626; Wed, 5 May 1999 15:07:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 15:07:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: gkaplan Cc: Questions Subject: Re: install and ide disk partitions In-Reply-To: <3730521A.D8734D4F@castle.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 5 May 1999, gkaplan wrote: > Can freebsd be install in full or in part in a logical drive or the > auxiliary partition? Or is it that installation to a primary partition > and that boot must be from a primary partition? FreeBSD requires it's own slice. It may not be installed on a FAT partition of any type. You can install _FROM_ such a partition by placing the install files there, but the ultimate destination must be a dedicated slice. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message