Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 19:36:26 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Cc: k4ef0098@kiss.uni-lj.si, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD into a logical partition Message-ID: <25198.836850986@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 Jul 1996 12:32:58 GMT." <199607081232.MAA01150@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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James Raynard wrote in message ID <199607081232.MAA01150@jraynard.demon.co.uk>: > No, FreeBSD requires its own ``primary partition'' (to use the DOS > terminology). I don't know of any work being done that would allow > what you want, but you have the source... :-) Even if it was possible, you have the interesting problem that I don't think our boot code will allow you to boot from a non-primary partition (infact I'm fairly certain it won't), and the boot sector is pretty full with the current code as it is. This sort of effort will have to wait for the fabled 3 stage boot process I think. (Of course, using fbsdboot is a cheat, and may work, if you hack it up a bit, but it has it's own problems). Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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