Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 10:51:10 +0100 (CET) From: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> To: feanaro@free.fr Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Installing FreeBSD on an extended partition Message-ID: <XFMail.010207105110.mj@isy.liu.se> In-Reply-To: <981485387.3a80474b5b524@imp.free.fr>
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On 06-Feb-01 feanaro@free.fr wrote: > Hi ! > I'd like to know if it is possible to install FreeBSD on one of the many > partitions I have in the Extended one of my disk. Here it is : > ( linux fdisk partition labels) > > hdb1 <- These are primary partitions > hdb2 <- > hdb3 <- This is the extended one > | hdb5 > | hdb6 > | hdb7 > | hdb8 <- I want to install FreeBSD here. > | hdb9 > | hdb10 > > Didnt find this in the doc, faq nor online documentation while installing. 'fraid you can not do that. FreeBSD (or / anyway) needs to reside on a primary partition. It can access extended ones but not boot from them. Sorry! > > Thanx ! > Julien > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- Michael Josefsson, MSEE mj@isy.liu.se This message was sent by XFMail running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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