Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:26:41 +0200 From: the Webslave <charon@charon.hell.gr> To: Slava <slava@saminfotech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: creating freebsd partition Message-ID: <20000125172641.A16285@charon.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLOMGCNFMEONFDNJEKEAFCAAA.slava@saminfotech.com>; from slava@saminfotech.com on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 03:18:12PM %2B0400 References: <NDBBLOMGCNFMEONFDNJEKEAFCAAA.slava@saminfotech.com>
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 03:18:12PM +0400, Slava wrote: > i have hd ibm 9GB configuration: > > Primary Partition - NTFS 2GB > Extented Partition - 7Gb > NTFS logical partition 3 Gb (in Extended) > Free space 4 Gb (in Extended) > > When i try to create a freebsd partition in Extended p., partition > utility(setup) do nothing and write nothing The real reason behind this that "extended" partitions are nothing more than a cludge of DOS, to support slicing the disk in more than 3 so-called 'primary' partitions. FreeBSD's disklabels are extremely more convenient and flexible, therefore no need to support what is considered a terrible DOS "feature". Since "extended" partitions are such a horrid cludge that they are, you can only use "primary" partitions for your FreeBSD installations. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education." [Mark Twain] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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