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Date:      Fri, 29 May 1998 11:59:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Sir Dimitri <dimitri1@geocities.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Extended Partitions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980529115858.297b-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <356DB892.FD4EBECE@geocities.com>

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On Thu, 28 May 1998, Sir Dimitri wrote:

> Hi!
> I want to install FreeBSD on my computer.
> I partitioned my disk, into two partitions: C:\ (Where Windows 95 is
> actually running) and D:\ (Where I want to install FreeBSD).
> But then, I read something that said that I couldn't install FreeBSD on
> a Extended partition.

That's correct.

> But in the Installing and Using FreeBSD with other OS Web Page, said
> that they can be together in the same disk.

That is also correct.  DOS filesystems and FreeBSD can coexist, but  you
have to install FreeBSD in it's own partition (we call slice) type.  

> I am completely confused and frustrated, thinking that I can't install
> FreeBSD on partition D:\.

What you want to do is delete the extended partition which contains d: (I
assume C: is a DOS Primary) then install FreeBSD in the empty space.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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