From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 16 13: 4:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91C55152AB for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 13:04:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id PAA08483; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:03:35 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199903162103.PAA08483@iaces.com> Subject: Re: Dual boot question In-Reply-To: <000701be6fdb$e9930540$26c394d1@wjb> from burtronics at "Mar 16, 99 12:36:28 pm" To: burtronics@sprint.ca (burtronics) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 15:03:35 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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