From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 22 14:31: 7 2002 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 CCB9B37B400 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:31:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58CDE43E65 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:31:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jud@myrealbox.com) Received: from jud [12.33.164.6] by myrealbox.com with NetMail ModWeb Module; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:31:00 -0400 Subject: Re: Re: Installing on a logical DOS partition From: "Jud" To: justsovanilla@yahoo.co.in Cc: barbish@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:31:00 -0400 X-Mailer: NetMail ModWeb Module X-Sender: jud MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <1027373460.59ab4ffcjud@myrealbox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----Original Message----- From: "Piyush" To: , Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 23:14:53 +0530 Subject: Re: Installing on a logical DOS partition ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Joe & Fhe Barbish=20 To: Piyush=20 Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:44 PM Subject: RE: Installing on a logical DOS partition FBSD does not install into DOS partitions. During the FBSD install it wil= l show you the primary hard drive. If the dos partition is on the primary= HD you will have to use commands from the screen that displays the HD, t= o delete the DOS partition and allocate the FBSD slice to that free space= . =20 Isn't it possible to use the space in the DOS partition for FBSD,I dont = mind formatting it as 165(the FBSD filesystem),i just don't know how to a= llocate space on my hard-disk for freebsd is this possible(keeping my Win= dows primary partition which stores Windows......)......and if possible h= ow? I've already installed Linux(Red-hat,mandrake,suse)and I was thinking= on those lines where you can ask Linux to use a particular partition for= it and then format it to ext2 and run Linux.......Is something like this= possible thro' Fbsd? Thanx...... Piyush _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It amounts to exactly the same thing - when the installation is done you'll have a FreeBSD "slice" where the DOS "partition" was. You'll be shown a screen during the installation that lists the partitions (Windows language) or slices (FreeBSD language) on your machine, which will show an area on the disk being used for DOS. First delete the DOS partition, then create a FreeBSD slice in the emptied space (it's very quick and simple). Then proceed with the rest of the installation. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message