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Date:      Sun, 13 Jun 1999 11:56:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      mike@hyperreal.org
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   FreeBSD 3.2 install on extended partition?
Message-ID:  <19990613185627.7657.qmail@hyperreal.org>

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Terribly sorry for what must be FAQ material, but I've looked through a
dozen install guides, FAQs, handbooks, tutorials, and still haven't found
a clear answer to these questions.

1. Can I install FreeBSD to an extended logical partition, or does it have
to be installed on a primary partition?

My drive 0 configuration:
  1 primary partition: 128 MB, DOS 6.22
  1 extended partiton: 1.6 GB
      1 logical partition: 1.6 GB (entire extended partiton),
       formatted from DOS but contains no files

If it has to be installed on a primary partition, how can I change the
extended partition to a primary? DOS's fdisk won't let a drive have more
than one primary.

2. If the partition has been high-level formatted, do I need to delete and
recreate the partition?

-Mike


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