-----Original Message-----
From: "Jud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:31:00 -0400
Subject: Re: Re: Installing on a logical DOS partition
-----Original Message-----
From: "Piyush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 23:14:53 +0530
Subject: Re: Installing on a logical DOS partition
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe & Fhe Barbish
To: Piyush
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:44 PM
Subject: RE: Installing on a logical DOS partition
FBSD does not install into DOS partitions. During the FBSD install it will show you
the primary hard drive. If the dos partition is on the primary HD you will have to use
commands from the screen that displays the HD, to delete the DOS partition and
allocate the FBSD slice to that free space.
Isn't it possible to use the space in the DOS partition for FBSD,I dont mind
formatting it as 165(the FBSD filesystem),i just don't know how to allocate space on
my hard-disk for freebsd is this possible(keeping my Windows primary partition which
stores Windows......)......and if possible how? I've already installed
Linux(Red-hat,mandrake,suse)and I was thinking on those lines where you can ask Linux
to use a particular partition for it and then format it to ext2 and run Linux.......Is
something like this possible thro' Fbsd?
Thanx......
Piyush
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It amounts to exactly the same thing - when the
installation is done you'll have a FreeBSD "slice"
where the DOS "partition" was. You'll be shown
a screen during the installation that lists the
partitions (Windows language) or slices (FreeBSD
language) on your machine, which will show an area
on the disk being used for DOS. First delete the
DOS partition, then create a FreeBSD slice in the
emptied space (it's very quick and simple). Then
proceed with the rest of the installation.
Jud
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My apologies, Piyush, I may have steered you wrong.
I failed to take sufficient note of the fact that
you're speaking of *logical* DOS partitions. Start
the install (you can cancel out of it) and see if the
DOS partition is shown in the list of
slices/partitions. If it is, you're good to go. If
not, them I'm afraid you'd need to do some reworking
of your partitions/slices with a program like
Partition Magic or (less expensive but IMHO excellent)
BootitNG from Terabyte Unlimited.
Jud
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