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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Extended DOS partition support status ? Date: 9 Jan 1996 05:05:28 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4cst2o$j24@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <4crg9b$ii@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <4crg9b$ii@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, DABLOODGOD <dabloodgod@aol.com> wrote: >I believe that I read that Extended Dos partitions were or were nearly >supported in v2.1. How close to working is that code - how would I try it >on my fairly vanilla pentium with adaptec 2940 scsi ? They're mapped starting at `slice 5' (after the 4 possible MBR slices). E.g.: /dev/sd0s5 -> D: /dev/sd0s6 -> E: At least if I understand the latest explanation from Bruce.. :-) Jordan