From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 25 14:18:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.x-treme.gr (mx2.x-treme.gr [212.120.192.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9370E15006 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:18:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from hades.hell.gr (pat59.x-treme.gr [212.120.197.251]) by mx2.x-treme.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3/IPNG-ADV-ANTISPAM-0.1) with ESMTP id AAA14284; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:18:02 +0200 Received: (from charon@localhost) by charon.hell.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA16327; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:26:41 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:26:41 +0200 From: the Webslave To: Slava Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: creating freebsd partition Message-ID: <20000125172641.A16285@charon.hell.gr> Reply-To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from slava@saminfotech.com on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 03:18:12PM +0400 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 62 45 D1 C9 26 F9 95 06 D6 21 2A C8 8C 16 C0 8E X-Phone-Number: +30-94-6203692, +30-93-2886457 X-Address: Theodorou Kirinaiou 61, 26334 Patra, Greece Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 03:18:12PM +0400, Slava wrote: > i have hd ibm 9GB configuration: > > Primary Partition - NTFS 2GB > Extented Partition - 7Gb > NTFS logical partition 3 Gb (in Extended) > Free space 4 Gb (in Extended) > > When i try to create a freebsd partition in Extended p., partition > utility(setup) do nothing and write nothing The real reason behind this that "extended" partitions are nothing more than a cludge of DOS, to support slicing the disk in more than 3 so-called 'primary' partitions. FreeBSD's disklabels are extremely more convenient and flexible, therefore no need to support what is considered a terrible DOS "feature". Since "extended" partitions are such a horrid cludge that they are, you can only use "primary" partitions for your FreeBSD installations. -- Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education." [Mark Twain] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message