Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:37:24 +0300 From: Nimrod Mesika <nimrodm@bezeqint.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD onto second HDD Message-ID: <20000723233723.A6164@localhost.bsd.net.il> In-Reply-To: <20000723114219.O13979@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 11:42:19AM -0700 References: <397B3A5F.48D525BE@umbc.edu> <20000723114219.O13979@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 11:42:19AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Tamgiao Nguyen <tnguye21@umbc.edu> [000723 11:27] wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 1> Is it possible to install FreeBSD, IN ITS ENTIRETY, onto the > > second IDE HDD? (All 4 primary partitions on my first HDD are in > > use.) > > > > 2> Must FreeBSD be installed to a primary partition (slice) or is > > it any-disk-any-partition like Linux? > > Yes, and yes (primary partition only). What is the reason behind that requirement (primary partition)? I thought a logical partition is just like any other partition, so what seems to be the problem - the loader? Maybe it's worth fixing (along with the <1024 cylinder requirement - new LILO versions & new BIOS'es are known to overcome that limit). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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