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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
> 
> 
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