Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:18:33 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: h p <regnans@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Installing in a logical partition Message-ID: <200707131318.37127.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <4697BA19.6080909@gmail.com> References: <4697BA19.6080909@gmail.com>
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--nextPart1944472.uue5NfCosf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 13 July 2007, h p wrote: > Hi. > > I try to install FreBSD 6.2 as third OS on my laptop (after Windows > XP and Gentoo Linux). > > I only have a logical partition left for it. sysinstall only shows > four slices on my hard drive, ad4s1 - ad4s4. ad4s4 is correctly > recognized as a DOS extended partition, but the logical partitions > inside it are not displayed - so I can't select the slice I have > set aside for FreeBSD. > > Is this possible? I don't find that limitation in the handbook, and > it seems utterly anachronistic to me. What can I do to get around > this? > > Thanks, > > Helge > Logical partitions are a horrible hack that should die a horrible=20 death. FreeBSD doesn't support installing/booting from them. =2D-=20 Thanks, Josh Paetzel --nextPart1944472.uue5NfCosf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGl8H9JvkB8SevrssRAiRXAKCPIdsilPiPtD0M90pC7zhCp5ykwACePbz5 AWJwGs6pRjLPB+sb2KZq3No= =gAeM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1944472.uue5NfCosf--
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