Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 00:28:57 -0500 From: Skip Ford <skip.ford@verizon.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Win2K Dynamic Disks in -STABLE? Message-ID: <20020208053120.LFOL9330.out011.verizon.net@pool-141-150-235-204.delv.east.verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from juha@saarinen.org on Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:31:11PM %2B1300
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Juha Saarinen wrote: > Windows 2000 has a new funky disk scheme, Dynamic Disks and Volumes, which > basically allow an unlimited number of volumes on each physical disk (ie. > no more traditional partitions and logical drives). > > I can't find it mentioned anywhere, but it looks to me that FreeBSD > doesn't recognise this scheme, and therefore, you can't install it on a > system with Dynamic Disk(s). Am I correct? According to the docs for the linux-ldm stuff, a Dynamic Disk will have exactly one partition representing the entire drive. http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ldm/ I don't see why you couldn't install fbsd to a second drive, but I don't have any first hand experience. - -- Skip ID: 0x7EDDDB0A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAjxjYgkACgkQBMKxVH7d2wohPwCdFnmoieVltFBwg5ukGkp8BU83 3u0AoNARjaGH5QUcKCGzu3laXqyxNBE4 =RHpn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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