> 1. Can I use the swap partition of linux if it is lying inside a
> linux extended partition?The linux+freebsd howto mentions only a
> swap primary to be usable by both.
may be but i reccomend NOT TO. also freebsd uses slices inside a disk
partition, like unix.
> 2. Can the presence of two extended partitions, though possible,
> freak out windows or linux? ok, not linux ... but windows?
Two extended partitions cannot exist.
>I have a 20GB HDD which I have divided into the following
>partitions(slices?)
> In linux parlance:
> /dev/hda1 (5GB) Windows 98 - Primary
> /dev/hda2 (5GB) Linux - Extended
> /dev/hda3 (5GB) Windows 98 - Primary
> /dev/hda4 (5GB) Linux - Primary
your all 20 GB is allocated, you can juggle your data and create
one of these empty and use that as freebsd space, where in
freebsd will create slices inside, like unix, for all its space,
which will not bee seen by linux or windows, as more than
another single partition.
for a better suggestion, output of fdisk -l /dev/hda
would be appreciated
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