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From: "Doug Wilson" <want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com>
To: "faisal" <fasi_74@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: freebsd in dos extended ?
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:43:37 -0700
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I haven't tried it, but this freeware boot loader claims to allow booting to
extended partitions--as many as you'd like:
http://www.xosl.org/

Doug.

----- Original Message -----
From: "faisal" <fasi_74@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: freebsd in dos extended ?


> I have exceded my partitions limit & cannot delete my extended windoze is
on
> it ..
> it seems that i am out of luck .... no problem i think its time to buy a
new
> harddrive .... :-)
> i wish they didnt have this limit of 4 primary partition on a disk ... :-(
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Makonnen" <thunderch1ld@yahoo.com>
> To: "faisal" <fasi_74@yahoo.com>; "Andrew Hesford" <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>;
> "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <mitayai@branchmedia.com>
> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
<freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 12:51 AM
> Subject: Re: freebsd in dos extended ?
>
>
> >
> >
> > Why do you want to install it on a DOS extended partition?
> > Just remove that extended patition and install FreeBSD in the unused
> > portion
> > of the disk. Install the FreeBSD boot manager so you can boot into
> > whichever OS you want to.
> >
> > Mike.

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