From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jun 13 13:20:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cartman.weeble.dyndns.org (ubppp233-157.dialin.buffalo.edu [128.205.233.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF29714DEB for ; Sun, 13 Jun 1999 13:20:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjm2@earthling.net) Received: from shithead (shithead.weeble.dyndns.org [10.0.0.2]) by cartman.weeble.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA19357; Sun, 13 Jun 1999 16:20:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cjm2@earthling.net) From: "Christopher J. Michaels" To: , Subject: RE: FreeBSD 3.2 install on extended partition? Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 16:20:44 -0400 Message-ID: <000301beb5da$375b9780$0200000a@shithead.weeble.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <19990613185627.7657.qmail@hyperreal.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What you need to do is delete the extended partition and leave the space = free. The FreeBSD installation will then partition it the way it needs. = FreeBSD doesn't use DOS primary or extended partitions. -Chris P.S. If you have logical drives in the extended partition they would be = deleted as well. You may want to backup all your info and re-partition = the drive, leaving probably 500+MB free for FreeBSD. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of mike@hyperreal.org Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 2:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 3.2 install on extended partition? Terribly sorry for what must be FAQ material, but I've looked through a dozen install guides, FAQs, handbooks, tutorials, and still haven't = found a clear answer to these questions. 1. Can I install FreeBSD to an extended logical partition, or does it = have to be installed on a primary partition? My drive 0 configuration: 1 primary partition: 128 MB, DOS 6.22 1 extended partiton: 1.6 GB 1 logical partition: 1.6 GB (entire extended partiton), formatted from DOS but contains no files If it has to be installed on a primary partition, how can I change the extended partition to a primary? DOS's fdisk won't let a drive have more than one primary. 2. If the partition has been high-level formatted, do I need to delete = and recreate the partition? -Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message