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Date:      Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:06:35 -0400
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To:        "Ismael ...." <ismaelpsp@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installing in a ext3 partition?
Message-ID:  <20080812150635.GA84454@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <BLU103-W37DBEC88701CCDB5306FBCA3710@phx.gbl>
References:  <BLU103-W37DBEC88701CCDB5306FBCA3710@phx.gbl>

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On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 06:16:15PM -0500, Ismael .... wrote:

> 
> Is it possible to install in an existing ext3 partition?

Why would you want to do that?
It doesn't make sense.
FreeBSD is its own operating system - completely separate from Linux.
It should run in its own slice (Primary Partition in MS terms).
You may be able to cobble up some tricks to do otherwise, but don't.

> 
> Can freebsd make use of a linux-swap as swap space?

I don't think so.

////jerry

> 
> how?
> _________________________________________________________________



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