Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 19:22:25 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Siegbert Baude <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Partitioning Message-ID: <200006290222.TAA04474@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000628212137.00a93610@imap.rz.uni-ulm.de>
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On 28-Jun-00 Siegbert Baude wrote: > >> >>> Can I install FreeBSD on logical disk in extended partition? >> >> No. You need one DOS partition table entry, that is (in DOS parlance) >> >> partition 1-4. This translates to FreeBSD slice 0-3. > Is this a *boot* problem for FreeBSD only, or is FreeBSD unable to put ufs > in a logical disc at all? > Is it possible to use for example /dev/ad0s9 for a FreeBSD-Filesystem? It's a boot problem. Specifically, boot1 and boot2. >> >Actually, current can now boot from anywhere, and I'll probably be able >> >to MFC this to 4.1 > > So all limitiations with regard to using logical discs in 4.0 stable will > have removed within a few weeks ? (mid of July 4.1 was announced, I think) No, not quite. The 1024 cylinder limitation on the root partition will disappear. However, in 4.1 it will probably only work with the standard boot manager. boot0 (the one that lets you choose different operating systems at boot time) probably won't be in the 4.x line because fixing it breaks a lot of other things. > Regards > Siegbert -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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