Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 02:55:06 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: jun qin <feelexit126@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to install freeBSD on the logical partition. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10203250252340.94220-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <F2396AZ8dNcC0OHsfHP0000aeb3@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, jun qin wrote: > I have 2 harddrives, so far, I got 2 OS installed, 1 is win2k and 1 is red > hat 7.2. > > win2k takes the first hd's primary partition, and red hat takes the 2nd hd's > primary partition. > > I got no space for freeBSD now, and want to install it on hte logical > partition. > > I don't wnat to install "boot manager", cuz, I already have GRUB from red > hat 7.2. Grub is a good boot manager, but I'm not sure if it updates automagically for new bootable partitions. > > I just want to know . is it possible to install it on hte logical partition > and how to do it? Not possible, as far as I know. It needs to be installed in a primary partition (which it then, in the installation menus, lets you divide up into file systems). > > I am a newBie of linux . Please ,explain it step by step, if u could. > Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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