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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.inc.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How do I install 2.1.5 to an extended partition Date: 24 Jul 1996 00:59:08 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 43 Message-ID: <4t3sgs$k0i@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <4t30hk$98q@eng15.engineous.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost Keywords: extended partitions install slice 2.1.5 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <4t30hk$98q@eng15.engineous.com>, Eric M. Boehm <boehm@engineous.com> wrote: >I have search the FAQ's, past USENET postings and the freebsd mailing list >archives. I am still unable to come up with a definitive answer or the >procedure (if possible) for install FreeBSD 2.1.5 to a logical drive in an >extended partition. It's not possible. >Posts from Bruce Evans indicate that 2.1.5 will mount dos drives in a logical >partition. That's correct, however it has nothing to do with being able to install FreeBSD in a logical partition! >I have two drives, one IDE and one SCSI that are partitioned as follows: > >DISK 1 (IDE) >1. OS/2 Boot Manager >2. DOS (Primary) >3. Extended > a. Linux > b. Linux swap > c. BSD/386 (a5 is the partition ID) > >DISK 2 (SCSI) >1. DOS (Primary) >2. Extended > a. DOS > b. DOS > c. HPFS > d. HPFS > >I can use OS/2 Boot Manager to boot from DOS, Linux or OS/2. I have space on >DISK 1, 3c or DISK 2, 2a to put FreeBSD. Sorry, but the only thing I can suggest is shuffling around some of your partitions. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/