Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 13:57:55 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: CQ CQ de Jason <jason@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use a logical partition Message-ID: <m0vDd2K-0003wuC@main.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Oct 1996 23:17:50 -0700." <Pine.BSI.3.94.961013231703.261M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961013231703.261M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Oct 1996, CQ CQ de Jason wrote:
>
> > My HD is currently partitioned as the following:
> > sd0s1 DOS (primary) install Chinese version of Win95
> > sd0s2 DOS (primary) install English version of Win95
> > sd0s3 FreeBSD (primary)
> > sd0s4 Extended
> > sd0s5 DOS D:\
> > sd0s6 DOS E:\
> > sd0s7 *FreeBSD* (created by Linux fdisk)
> >
> > the problem here is I don't know how to use this sd0s7 under my FreeBSD.
>
> You don't. You must install FreeBSD to it's own slice.
Heh? Why not?
> sd0s7 would be the, oh, fourth logical disk in a DOS extended partition.
or the third? sd0s4 is the extended partition and s5, s6, s7 are logical
partitions contained therein, I think.
> Looks like you're out of room...:( New disk perhaps?
You don't just do this?
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV sd0s7h
to get the device files made, then proceed as usual (disklabel, etc) -
assuming that the sd0s3 mentioned above is the boot partition and sd0s7
is just an extra FreeBSD "disk".
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div)
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