Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:03:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@mail.iaces.com> To: burtronics@sprint.ca (burtronics) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual boot question Message-ID: <199903162103.PAA08483@iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <000701be6fdb$e9930540$26c394d1@wjb> from burtronics at "Mar 16, 99 12:36:28 pm"
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In a previous message, burtronics said: > I have a win98 opperating sys using a6.4 quantom hd sectioned off into 4 sections > is it possible to install into one of these sections,reformating it for freebsd? > Or must i reformat whole sys to make dual boot,just trying to avoid the work > Bill Well, yes and no. You can reformat a partition (slice) for freebsd. Actually, what you do is delete the partition and make a new one with the FreeBSD id (165). However, this has to be a real partition, not a logical partition inside a extended. -- "I am the cat that walks by himself and all places are alike to me." -- R. Kipling To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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