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From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: Install issues (was: State of the union speech
To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 00:38:09 +1000 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <9508220358.AA28423@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Aug 21, 95 09:58:04 pm
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Terry Lambert writes:

> This approach has the advantage of working for the existing partition
> and slice handling, the vnconfig device, AND the exportation of a
> contiguous chunk of disk as a device AND extended partitions, all
> without ruining the distintions in the kernel that cause some of the
> current install problems (ie: WD1007).

Is there any mechanism by which it is possible to get FreeBSD (-current or
otherwise) onto a WD1007 controlled drive ?

	michael