From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 22 22: 7:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D00F37B61B for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:07:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialin-client.earthlink.net (pool1019.cvx20-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.253.254]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA01417; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:07:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by dialin-client.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA00772; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:05:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:05:25 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Will Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using freebsd within an ext2 partition. Message-ID: <20000622220525.G489@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <3950FB7E.4F15539A@linuxfreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3950FB7E.4F15539A@linuxfreak.com>; from will@linuxfreak.com on Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 05:29:34PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 05:29:34PM +0000, Will wrote: > Is it possible to run freebsd and boot it in a single ext2 partition or > a logical drive in an > extended, type 05 or type 85 extended partition? If not, is it possible > to boot from a floppy, > and load an ext2 partition as root. I'm not worried about stability, > only convenience. > The disklabel and slices stuff keeps me from installing multiple copies > of freebsd along with > dozens of other operating systems on my machine, for me to play with and > understand? If you are going to put any MSDOS-type partitions on a drive, FreeBSD needs a "real" one, not an extended partition. It can read extended partitions. It needs a UFS root. I don't see that as much of a restriction. One real MSDOS partition can hold a whole FreeBSD install. You _might_ be able to put multiple FreeBSD's in one slice... can't remember if there are requirements that root must be an 'a' partition (it is traditional, but is it necessary). -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message