From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 21:24:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D2AD106566B for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E99818FC18 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:24:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p8RLOe1P007123 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:24:40 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8RLOess082426; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:24:40 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.5/8.14.4/Submit) id p8RLOdfl082425; Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:24:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:24:39 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20110927212439.GB82240@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <201109260927.02540.jhb@freebsd.org> <201109262035.OAA17199@lariat.net> <20110927021559.GF57708@in-addr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Fba/0zbH8Xs+Fj9o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Experiences with FreeBSD 9.0-BETA2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:24:43 -0000 --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 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--