From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 8 11:21:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA27316 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 11:21:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-4.mail.demon.net (relay-4.mail.demon.net [158.152.1.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA27311 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 11:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-4.mail.demon.net id ap20572; 8 Jul 96 18:21 GMT Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa25763; 8 Jul 96 18:25 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id MAA01150; Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:32:58 GMT Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:32:58 GMT Message-Id: <199607081232.MAA01150@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: k4ef0098@kiss.uni-lj.si CC: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: (message from Damir Cifer on Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:39:49 +0200 (MET DST)) Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD into a logical partition Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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)? No, FreeBSD requires its own ``primary partition'' (to use the DOS terminology). I don't know of any work being done that would allow what you want, but you have the source... :-) -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/