Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition

2000-09-27 Thread Zhiui Zhang
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Mike Smith wrote: I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. Good luck booting it. Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem with being putting into a DOS extended partition

Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition

2000-09-27 Thread Robert Nordier
Zhiui Zhang wrote: On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Mike Smith wrote: If that were possible, it would be trivial to improve the loader to deal with that case. The kernel most certainly can mount an extended partition as root, however. I know this is a minor subject. But Why Linux can be put

Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition

2000-09-26 Thread Zhiui Zhang
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Doug White wrote: On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. Good luck booting it. Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem with being

Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition

2000-09-26 Thread Peter Pentchev
2000, Doug White wrote: On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. Good luck booting it. Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem with being putting

Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition

2000-09-26 Thread Doug White
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Doug White wrote: On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. Good luck booting it. Do you mean as long as I can

Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition

2000-09-26 Thread Mike Smith
I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. Good luck booting it. Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem with being putting into a DOS extended partition? Loader(8) can't grok it and the kernel

Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition

2000-09-25 Thread Doug White
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. Good luck booting it. Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send

putting FreeBSD in an extended partition

2000-09-23 Thread Zhiui Zhang
I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. I have installed four O.S.es on my laptop and know that could be a limitation if FreeBSD can not be put into a DOS extended partition. I do not see any limitations in the boot loader or kernel