Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:11:30 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: eugene@streetcar.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation question - partitioning Message-ID: <39E4AD52.8266DA9F@acuson.com> References: <OJEFLNJDBPDANNEDGCBOKEMICKAA.eugene@streetcar.com>
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Eugene van Zyl wrote: > Only problem being that the FreeBSD fdisk and labeling program doesn't see the logical partitions inside the extended partition! I've already got a lot of data on the D: partition, so losing the extended partition is not really an appetising solution. > Is the above config possible with FreeBSD or am I stuck? FreeBSD can't use DOS extended partitions for its own stuff. It has its own "extended" slice/partition scheme. Please see the FreeBSD Handbook for more information. But all is not lost! From the Handbook: "Q: Can I mount my extended MS-DOS partition? A: Yes. DOS extended partitions are mapped in at the end of the other ``slices'' in FreeBSD..." So you will need a primary partition to install FreeBSD to, but you will still be able to access your extended partitions. Looking at your current setup, I would recommend a good non-destructive repartitioner like Partition Magic or System Commander. I'm not experienced with NTFS, but my guess is that FreeBSD will only be able to access it as read-only. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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