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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Mounting extended DOS partitions
Date: 19 May 1996 12:57:53 GMT
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Jed Clear <clear@netaxs.com> wrote:

> David C. Myers wrote:
> > 
> > Can anybody give me the magic recipe to mount the d:, e:, and f:
> > extended DOS partitions of my wd0 disk?  I tried the obvious command; i.e.,
> > 
> 
> Check the release notes.  I recall that extended partitions aren't 
> supported ... yet.  That was for ver 2.1.

They are now (even for 2.1R), and they are called `slices'.  I believe
there's something said in the handbook.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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