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Date:      Sat, 31 May 1997 19:05:16 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Carsten Friebel <s0155613@fb6.fhtw-berlin.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: installation on extended MS-DOS paritions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970531190442.28293C-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <338EFCF5.41C6@fb6.fhtw-berlin.de>

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On Fri, 30 May 1997, Carsten Friebel wrote:

> hi,
> 
> I 'm using a 4,3 GB harddisk and have 1.1 GB freespace in my extended
> parition. I want use this free space for freeBSD. are there problems
> with an extended dos parition?

You can mount a DOS extended partition, but a native FreeBSD partition 
(one that you can boot from) must be a primary partition.

> 
> greetings 
> 
> 	Carsten Friebel
> 	Berlin, Germany
> --
> 
Nadav



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