Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 02:10:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Stephen B Maguire <smaguire@bigfoot.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiple NTFS partions on WD1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980524020911.9705L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000001bd85f3$70154070$0118a8c0@PDC1.OCTOPUS.COM>
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On Fri, 22 May 1998, Stephen B Maguire wrote: > Here are my questions: Am I supposed to delete the extended partition, > reconfigure this somehow, and preserve the data it contains to retain > access, still, from NT? I think so. I don't quite see your disk layout, but FreeBSD requires it's own slice. > Do I have to use FIPS to designate a small area in > the MBR to place the boot manager? No. > Generally, how can I get FreeBSD in a slice I already created as a FAT > partition in the extended partition? You have to delete what's there first. Partition Magic is good for this. > Second question: Does anyone know if FreeBSD supports an ATAPI CD-ROM > changer? This one is an OEM made by NEC. I think it will. I'm not sure about the changer control but you should at least get the reader. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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