Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:35:23 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Siegbert Baude <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partitioning Message-ID: <20000629223523.A30332@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000628212137.00a93610@imap.rz.uni-ulm.de>; from Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de on Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 09:29:33PM %2B0200 References: <395893C7.FA2CFDD4@i-clue.de> <200006271755.KAA01718@john.baldwin.cx> <4.3.2.7.2.20000628212137.00a93610@imap.rz.uni-ulm.de>
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On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 09:29:33PM +0200, Siegbert Baude wrote: >>> Can I install FreeBSD on logical disk in extended partition? >> >> No. You need one DOS partition table entry, that is (in DOS >> parlance) partition 1-4. This translates to FreeBSD slice 0-3. > > Is this a *boot* problem for FreeBSD only, or is FreeBSD unable to > put ufs in a logical disc at all? Is it possible to use for example > /dev/ad0s9 for a FreeBSD-Filesystem? This topic has been discussed a couple of times (or more) in these lists. The so called "logical" drives are a hack that MS-DOS used to get over it's own limitation to handle gracefully more than 4 primary partitions. FreeBSD will happily mount one of these "logical" drives, but it can only boot from a primary partition. Ciao. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > Find my public PGP key at: finger://keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr/ See the headers of this message for the key fingerprint. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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