Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 19:38:06 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: steffi@DGS.dgsys.com (Robert Nicholson) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partioning.... Message-ID: <199604180238.TAA03315@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960417163623.13151A-100000@DGS> from "Robert Nicholson" at Apr 17, 96 04:44:18 pm
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> FreeBSD 2.1 requires a boot partition to be a primary right? The DOS Master Boot record will only boot from a primary partition; this is not a FreeBSD requirement, it is a DOS requirement that FreeBSD must comply with. > What's an acceptable boot partition size ... 10 MB for recompiling the > kernel? Typically BSD wants a big partition and then it carves it up itself using a disklabel, instead of you needing more than one partition. > I can use a logical drive for a data partition right? Yes. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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