From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 24 02:10:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA18282 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 May 1998 02:10:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA18269 for ; Sun, 24 May 1998 02:10:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA09896; Sun, 24 May 1998 02:10:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 02:10:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Stephen B Maguire cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiple NTFS partions on WD1 In-Reply-To: <000001bd85f3$70154070$0118a8c0@PDC1.OCTOPUS.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 22 May 1998, Stephen B Maguire wrote: > Here are my questions: Am I supposed to delete the extended partition, > reconfigure this somehow, and preserve the data it contains to retain > access, still, from NT? I think so. I don't quite see your disk layout, but FreeBSD requires it's own slice. > Do I have to use FIPS to designate a small area in > the MBR to place the boot manager? No. > Generally, how can I get FreeBSD in a slice I already created as a FAT > partition in the extended partition? You have to delete what's there first. Partition Magic is good for this. > Second question: Does anyone know if FreeBSD supports an ATAPI CD-ROM > changer? This one is an OEM made by NEC. I think it will. I'm not sure about the changer control but you should at least get the reader. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message