Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:20:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009261719130.43851-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0009261119370.8637-100000@opal>
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Doug White wrote: > > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > > > > > > > I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a > > > DOS extended partition. > > > > Good luck booting it. > > Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem > with being putting into a DOS extended partition? Loader(8) can't grok it and the kernel can't mount it as root. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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