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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 02:55:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
To: jun qin <feelexit126@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: how to install freeBSD on the logical partition.
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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
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