Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:59:27 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Arnout Bruinsma <bruinsma31@zonnet.nl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <01112722592703.69260@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <3C03F491.6085C971@zonnet.nl> References: <3C03F491.6085C971@zonnet.nl>
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FreeBSD can only install into a primary partition. This is one of its major limitations, actually. But if you have PartitionMagic, this isn't really a problem; just shrink the extended partition to meet the logicals within it and use the extra space for a primary. FreeBSD sub-partitions itself, so you only need one primary partition for FreeBSD. On Tuesday 27 November 2001 15:16, Arnout Bruinsma wrote: > Dear Sir/Lady, > > I bought a book called Free BSD Unleashed. > With it came a cdrom containing disc 1 of Free BSD 4.4 > During installation I ran into a partition problem. > According to Partition Magic my disk looks like this: > =========================================================================== >================================ > > Partition Information for Disk 1: 39260.4 Megabytes > Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect > TotalSects UsedSects FreeSects > =========================================================================== >================================ > > C:WINDOWS C FAT32 Pri,Boot 3004.3 0 0 > 63 6,152,832 910,062 5,242,770 > ExtendedX Pri 36256.1 0 1 6,152,895 > 74,252,430 59,279,850 14,972,580 > EPBR Log 23.5 None -- > 6,152,895 48,195 48,195 0 > *:boot Debian Linux Ext2 Log,Boot 23.5 6152895 0 > 6,152,958 48,132 4,138 43,994 > EPBR Log 31.4 6152895 1 > 6,201,090 64,260 64,260 0 > *:boot SuSe Linux Ext2 Log 31.3 6201090 0 > 6,201,153 64,197 7,293 56,904 > EPBR Log 23.5 6201090 1 > 6,265,350 48,195 48,195 0 > Unallocated Log 23.5 6265350 0 > 6,265,413 48,132 1,558 46,574 > EPBR Log 13696.0 6265350 1 6,313,545 > 28,049,490 28,049,490 0 > D:WINDOWS D FAT32 Log 13696.0 6313545 0 6,313,608 > 28,049,427 1,118,616 26,930,811 > EPBR Log 7169.6 6313545 1 34,363,035 > 14,683,410 14,683,410 0 > *:Debian/GNU 2.2Linux Ext2 Log 7169.6 34363035 0 > 34,363,098 14,683,347 1,255,963 13,427,384 > EPBR Log 7004.9 34363035 1 49,046,445 > 14,346,045 14,346,045 0 > *:SuSe Linux 7.0Linux Ext2 Log 7004.9 49046445 0 > 49,046,508 14,345,982 2,662,750 11,683,232 > Free Space Log 7310.8 None -- 63,392,490 > 14,972,580 0 14,972,580 > EPBR Log 996.2 49046445 1 > 78,365,070 2,040,255 2,040,255 0 > *:SWAPSPACE2 Linux Swap Log 996.2 78365070 0 > 78,365,133 2,040,192 8 2,040,184 > > In short,my extended partion houses 2 boot partitions,Windows D ,and two > operating systems (Debian,SuSe). > There is space for a BSD boot partition/1st slice(23,5 Mb) and a root > partition/2nd slice > (Free space 7+Gb) > > But the BSD FDISK Partition Editor shows this: > > Offset Size > End name Ptype > Desc Subtype > > 0 63 > 62 - > 6 unused 0 > 63 6152832 6152894 > ad0s1 2 fat > 11 > 6152895 74252430 80405324 > ad0s2 4 extended 15 > > 80405325 12915 80418239 > - 6 unused > 0 > > It seems I cannot enter the extended partition slice,and it is there > that I would like to install BSD ,of course without disturbing my > current configuration. > As an extremely fresh newbie I apologize beforehand for asking a silly > question and I thank you for your time . > Getting an answer , though , would help me on my road in search for an > operating system that suits me. > > > Bij voorbaat dank, > > Arnout Bruinsma > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) http://www.babbleon.org -------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! (let him go home) <----------- http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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