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Date:      Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:47:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Henrik Johansson <f94jnh@student.udd.htu.se>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on extended partition?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970128164702.20999D-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19970128201022.28e75a2c@student.udd.htu.se>

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On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Henrik Johansson wrote:

> Can FreeBSD be installed on a so called extended partition,
> or only on primary ones?

Neither; it requires it's own partition type.  You may place the archive
files on a PRIMARY partition and point the install program at it,
however; we call this a "DOS install" and is fully detailed in the install
documentation with the CD or at
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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