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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