Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:18:57 +0800 (WST) From: Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Query about FreeBSD and primary partitions requirements Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1106111512120.31281@bretnewworkstation.busby.net>
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hello. Some time ago, I asked on this list, about installing FreeBSD, and it was then confirmed that FreeBSD requires to be installed in a primary partition. That is consistent with the current FreeBSD Handbook, which states "FreeBSD must be installed into a primary partition." However, in the last couple of days, I have been advised that FreeBSD can be installed in, and, quite happily runs in, a logical partition within an extended partition. Has anyone other than the person who advised me of that, tested the installation and operation of FreeBSD, within a logical patition of an extended partition, that has given a result that confirms that FeeBSD can now be successfully installed and run, in a logical partition of an extended partition of a hard drive? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................
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