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Date:      Tue, 26 Sep 2000 11:25:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.21.0009261119370.8637-100000@opal>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009251953350.89244-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Doug White wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a
> > DOS extended partition.
> 
> Good luck booting it.

Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem
with being putting into a DOS extended partition?  First of all, it seems
to me that there is no way to put FreeBSD in an extended partition without
modifying /stand/sysintall.

-Zhihui



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