From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 8 10:08:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA18733 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 10:08:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halon.barra.COM (halon.barra.com [144.203.11.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA18725 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 10:08:26 -0700 (PDT) From: William.Ying@ccgate.Barra.COM Received: from lazarus.barra.COM (root@[144.203.13.57]) by halon.barra.COM (8.6.4/8.6.4) with ESMTP id KAA28080; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 10:10:49 -0700 Received: from ccgate.barra.com (ccgate.barra.com [144.203.4.245]) by lazarus.barra.COM (8.6.4/8.6.4) with SMTP id KAA21836; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 10:08:10 -0700 Received: from cc:Mail by ccgate.barra.com id AA836845885; Mon, 08 Jul 96 09:50:07 PST Date: Mon, 08 Jul 96 09:50:07 PST Message-Id: <9606088368.AA836845885@ccgate.barra.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, Damir Cifer Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re[2]: Installing FreeBSD into a logical partition Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The FDISK comes with FreeBSD 2.1R seems can only create primary partion, as far as I know. I could not find a way to install FreeBSD in a logical partion. However, having two primary partions on same hard disk is not a problem since you can not boot both operating systems at the same time. I think the best way to handle multipul operating systems is the OS/2 boot manager, if you happen to have it installed. - Bill - ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD into a logical partition Author: Damir Cifer at UNIXGATE Date: 7/8/96 4:30 AM On Sun, 7 Jul 1996, Doug White wrote: > > What I wonder is if it will be possible to install FreeBSD into a part of > > the extended partition (logical partition) in the 2.2.0 release? Is it > > perhaps already possible in the current snaps? > No, FreeBSD requires it's own slice. Seems I have to rephrase :) (bad formulation :)) Is it possible to install FreeBSD (if not, when will it be) into a logical extended partition. Like in Linux you can install for example into /dev/hdc8 (6. logical partition on the 3rd drive)? Cya