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Date:      Fri, 8 Feb 2002 00:28:57 -0500
From:      Skip Ford <skip.ford@verizon.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Support for Win2K Dynamic Disks in -STABLE?
Message-ID:  <20020208053120.LFOL9330.out011.verizon.net@pool-141-150-235-204.delv.east.verizon.net>
In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from juha@saarinen.org on Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:31:11PM %2B1300

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Juha Saarinen wrote:
> Windows 2000 has a new funky disk scheme, Dynamic Disks and Volumes, which
> basically allow an unlimited number of volumes on each physical disk (ie.
> no more traditional partitions and logical drives).
> 
> I can't find it mentioned anywhere, but it looks to me that FreeBSD
> doesn't recognise this scheme, and therefore, you can't install it on a
> system with Dynamic Disk(s). Am I correct?

According to the docs for the linux-ldm stuff, a Dynamic Disk will have
exactly one partition representing the entire drive.

http://linux-ntfs.sf.net/ldm/

I don't see why you couldn't install fbsd to a second drive, but I don't
have any first hand experience.

- -- 
Skip  ID: 0x7EDDDB0A
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