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Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:19:00 -0700
From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net>
To: Omar Gani <daemons@inwind.it>
Cc: bobread@ids.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Win98+Linux+FreeBSD?
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With some clever manipulation, you can have more
than 4 partitions in a hard disk.

But you can only have 4 of them setup at once.

Its been some time ago, but the sequence went something
like this:


Setup DOS.
Boot DOS.
Use pfdisk to make snapshot #1 of the partition table.
Setup OS #2.
Reboot to DOS.
Use pfdisk to make snapshot #2 of p table.
Use pfdisk to restore snapshot #1 of p table.
Reboot.
Setup OS #3.
Repeat as necessary.
(Eventually build a boot menu for DOS.)


I realize that its ugly. But some commercial products
do similar things.

[RC]


On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 11:40:12PM +0200, Omar Gani wrote:
> At 15.17 12/04/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >Looking for some advice.
> >
> >Can anyone offer advice?
> >
> >Much Thanks,
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
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> 
> Keep in mind that you can't make more than 4 partitions in a
> hard disk. So unless you put linux partitions on logical
> DOS/win9X partition, you have to exactly 4 partition (DOS/win9X,
> FreeBSD, Linux & Linux's SWAP).

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