From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 9 14:33:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA09354 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 14:33:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-4.mail.demon.net (relay-4.mail.demon.net [158.152.1.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA09347 for ; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 14:33:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-4.mail.demon.net id ag13747; 9 Jul 96 20:36 GMT Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa01486; 9 Jul 96 20:50 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA01268; Tue, 9 Jul 1996 15:22:07 GMT Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 15:22:07 GMT Message-Id: <199607091522.PAA01268@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: paulc@seas.ucla.edu CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <9607082210.AA50511@sleet.seas.ucla.edu> (paulc@seas.ucla.edu) Subject: Re: help on partitioning harddisk for FreeBSD Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I like to know if there is anyone/any group who can > help me with installing the FreeBSD Unix I purchased. Yes, this list is the right place. > I have a problem > on partitioning extended partitions. Is this during the installation or are you trying to add another disk to your system? It's not quite clear what you're trying to do. If you're trying to install FreeBSD into an extended partition, it needs to have its own primary partition. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/