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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2002 03:31:41 -0600
From:      "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1011259902.074856@mired.org>
To:        Julio Merino <juli@merino.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Slices into disklabel
Message-ID:  <15424.637.585913.863422@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <53472872@toto.iv>

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Julio Merino <juli@merino.net> types:
> Hi all
> 
> I'm installing like this: disk 0:
> slice 1 - Win'98
> slice 2 - FreeBSD disklabel
> disk 1:
> slice 1 - NetBSD disklabel
> 
> Can I put an entry inside the FreeBSD disklabel to refer to the Win98
> slice so I can access that partition from inside the disklabel? How?

You can't. Disk labels have the offset from the start of the slice in
them, and it's unsigned, so you can't have negative offsets.

> The reason from this is that NetBSD only recognizes the FreeBSD
> disklabel but I also want to access win98 slice...

Unfortunately, NetBSD and FreeBSD don't play well together on the same
disk. You might try asking for help in the NetBSD forums, if you
haven't already.

	<mike
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