From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 10 16: 0: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from andrsn.stanford.edu (andrsn.Stanford.EDU [171.66.112.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E29B37B400 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.stanford.edu [127.0.0.1]) by andrsn.stanford.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g3AMoKd79038; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:50:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu) Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:50:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson To: Pirabhu Raman Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd installation qn In-Reply-To: <1018472688.3cb4a8f102ed5@webmail.hcs.ufl.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Pirabhu Raman wrote: > hi, > I am a newbie trying to install freebsd on my x86 pc which already has windows > on it. The problem is my extended partition already has windows system restore > files. Hence my extended partition itself contains 2 logical partitions D: > (having system restore files) and G: where I want to install my freebsd. But > when I start the installation freebsd recognises the whole extended partition > as a single partition. Is there anyway I could make it recognise the two > logical partitons and install in the G: . I am using partition magic pro for > partitioning. Since I am not subscribed to this list, kindly cc a copy of your > reply to this mail id raman@hcs.ufl.edu. > Thanks > Pirabhu You can't install FreeBSD in an extended partition (or logical partition of an extended partition); it has to be installed in a primary partition. This is not a boot manager restriction. 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-questions" in the body of the message