From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Oct 15 04:10:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA07291 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 04:10:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA07244 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 04:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id EAA21686; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 04:10:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vedanix.welearn.com.au (vedanix.welearn.com.au [203.35.200.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA04923 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 04:01:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@vedanix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by vedanix.welearn.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA29080; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:06:27 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Message-Id: <199810151106.VAA29080@vedanix.welearn.com.au> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:06:27 +1000 (EST) From: Sue Blake Reply-To: sue@vedanix.welearn.com.au To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/8333: install.hlp and FAQ about DOS primary partition Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 8333 >Category: docs >Synopsis: install.hlp and FAQ about DOS primary partition >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 15 04:10:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sue Blake >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386 >Environment: >Description: In install.hlp, and under MS DOS users questions in the FAQ, it says: It is probably better to create another uncompressed MS-DOS primary partition and use this for communications between MS-DOS and FreeBSD. It should say extended partition, not primary. Justification: If there are two or more primary DOS partitions, DOS can only see the one that it booted off. There is no way to access any other primary DOS partition from DOS, so it couldn't be used for communication as suggested above. DOS will never be aware of more than one primary, and DOS will always call that Drive C no matter where it is. It is possible to create another extended partition (containing one or more logical drives) on another physical disk. For example, create a small extended DOS partition (not primary) on the second disk, install FreeBSD on the remainder, and both operating systems can see and use that extended partition for sharing data. >How-To-Repeat: Reclaim brain-space formerly allocated to microsoft workarounds. Then try to remember. >Fix: Change "primary" to "extended" in that sentence in both docs. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message