From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 4 15:41:29 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4BA716A4DA for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:41:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from typhoon.he.net (typhoon.he.net [64.62.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 96F6443D67 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 15:41:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@wiliweld.com) Received: from liam ([71.141.72.46]) by typhoon.he.net for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:41:27 -0700 Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:41:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill-S X-X-Sender: bill@liam To: Matthew Seaman In-Reply-To: <44FC4229.5050703@infracaninophile.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <20060903223518.f92a2112.dick@nagual.nl> <20060904050337.D1556@www.pukruppa.net> <5FC874DF-8811-4012-81A0-4B9F22BF399B@shire.net> <20060904145729.GA7110@lothlorien.nagual.nl> <44FC4229.5050703@infracaninophile.co.uk> System-ID: [en] (SuSE-9.3 64-bit) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: solaris X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:41:29 -0000 At Mon, 4 Sep 2006 it looks like Matthew Seaman composed: > dick hoogendijk wrote: > > On 03 Sep Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > > >> I am not sure about installing Solaris into an existing partition. > > > > I remember one of the FBSD's (a RC, but still) destroying my partition > > table. That's the reason I ask. I know that I don't have to use the main > > option (that's for the whole disk). But if there are no problems know of > > with the sol installer, than I'm a little less worried. I have no space to > > backup my XP and FBSD disk parts (at the moment). > > Back in the Solaris 8 days, the trick was to use fdisk to create a primary > partition and mark it as type 'Linux Swap' after which Solaris would happily > recognise it as a location to install into. > > Quite how it happened that Solaris uses the same partition type as Linux > swap is shrouded in the mists of time. > (giggle) If I recall correctly, there was some hacking to do too if you were dual-booting Solaris and Linux on the same disk for Solaris would try on use your whole Linux filesystem as its own swap location.