Matthew Seaman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/06/2011 08:18, Bret Busby wrote: > > the current FreeBSD Handbook ... states > > "FreeBSD must be installed into a primary partition." > > > > However, in the last couple of days, I have been advised that > > FreeBSD can be installed in, and, quite happily runs in, a > > logical partition within an extended partition. > > > > Has anyone other than the person who advised me of that, tested > > the installation and operation of FreeBSD, within a logical > > patition of an extended partition ...? > > FreeBSD can mount and use filesystems created on partitions inside > 'extended partition' type slices (cue standard exposition of the > difference between partitions and slices in FreeBSD-speak.) True. > > However, I believe that you may well have difficulty *booting* > FreeBSD unless the kernel (ie. /boot) can be read from a primary > partition.
I presume the purpose of boot0ext.S is to build a boot0 (FreeBSD MBR) variant capable of booting from what MS call an "extended partition" -- boot0.S being used when booting from a "primary partition" -- but I've never tried to use it. I'm having enough "fun" trying to boot from a _different_ "unusual" configuration. > Also, I don't think sysinstall(8) groks extended partitions very > well, if at all ... > so you will probably have some fun doing the actual installation. Indeed. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
