From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 21 15:28:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail6.kscable.com (fe6.rdc-kc.rr.com [24.94.163.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3139137B618 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:28:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from warrensamd400 ([24.94.196.232]) by mail6.kscable.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.357.35); Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:28:41 -0500 Message-ID: <000a01c00bbf$9cb2da80$66019bc0@warrensamd400> From: "Warren Mailman" To: Subject: Is it possible to install FreeBSD 4.1 to a FAT32 partition? Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:31:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C00B95.B37FBE60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C00B95.B37FBE60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I know this question has probably been asked before, but I couldn't = extract an answer from any of the other postings. =20 Linux has a way of installing to a FAT32 HD called UMSDOS that allows it = to run off a Windows partition...It's nice. Problem is that I don't = have any extra space left on my HD, and I can't repartition, for the = obvious reason that it'd format my HD, and I don't want to lose Windows. You'll probably laugh at me, and I don't blame you. I just thought I'd = ask...If you've got an answer, feel free to mail me - = meresin@meresin.net. I'd appreciate it. Thank you. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C00B95.B37FBE60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I know this question has probably been asked before, = but I=20 couldn't extract an answer from any of the other postings.  =
 
Linux has a way of installing to a FAT32 HD called = UMSDOS that=20 allows it to run off a Windows partition...It's nice.  Problem is = that I=20 don't have any extra space left on my HD, and I can't repartition, for = the=20 obvious reason that it'd format my HD, and I don't want to lose=20 Windows.
 
You'll probably laugh at me, and I don't blame = you.  I=20 just thought I'd ask...If you've got an answer, feel free to mail me - = meresin@meresin.net.  I'd = appreciate=20 it.
 
Thank you.
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