Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:24:39 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> To: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 Message-ID: <20110927212439.GB82240@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1uM6p21D=9MhAJ47hVWqDyh2bs6Ej_-X-sYBVwRvryfGw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261359100.882@multics.mit.edu> <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net> <CACqU3MUZ_ez-KMGVR33Aqz31i9cE%2BW7ANtvhqy3D%2BiPfroFpxA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1109261941050.882@multics.mit.edu> <CAJ-Vmon39xorsCZQ9u8D310t-T%2BoDJm2s2aRbJQ2UH5u_QwiXw@mail.gmail.com> <CACqU3MWtx3JjvpXrQtqjpYbsuytGj5YBA52CEujgw9dZE5Z1Ug@mail.gmail.com> <20110927021559.GF57708@in-addr.com> <CAJ-Vmo=7VvvBNo12Cx062coqDLJp5NCxfkyPbSZ6dGURwoPWaw@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1uM6p21D=9MhAJ47hVWqDyh2bs6Ej_-X-sYBVwRvryfGw@mail.gmail.com>
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--Fba/0zbH8Xs+Fj9o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Sep-26 21:29:18 -0700, Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> wrote: >MBR allows 4 slices (which Windows and most of the world call >partitions). Windows also >allows the creation of "Extended Partitions, but FreeBSD does not >support these. They result >in device named with an 's' for slice. E.g. "da0s1". To be pedantic, the FreeBSD bootcode does not support _booting_ off extended partitions. Once it is booted, FreeBSD has no problems accessing them. (I don't know if alternative bootcode such as grub can boot FreeBSD within an extended partition). Extended partitions show up as slice numbers 5 through 8 - eg da0s5 --=20 Peter Jeremy --Fba/0zbH8Xs+Fj9o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk6CPxcACgkQ/opHv/APuIfVFQCeJf3loekL+KEIhTvGNT4WewvD l5cAn3B3Je6aU/ILipkIpDXs1xUaLhJN =CuDg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Fba/0zbH8Xs+Fj9o--
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