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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hawaii.engineous.com!hawaii.engineous.com!not-for-mail From: boehm@hawaii.engineous.com (Eric M. Boehm) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How do I install 2.1.5 to an extended partition Date: 23 Jul 1996 13:01:40 -0400 Organization: Engineous Software, Inc. Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4t30hk$98q@eng15.engineous.com> Reply-To: boehm@engineous.com NNTP-Posting-Host: eng15.engineous.com Summary: Is this possible? Keywords: extended partitions install slice 2.1.5 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #1 I have search the FAQ's, past USENET postings and the freebsd mailing list archives. I am still unable to come up with a definitive answer or the procedure (if possible) for install FreeBSD 2.1.5 to a logical drive in an extended partition. Posts from Bruce Evans indicate that 2.1.5 will mount dos drives in a logical partition. However, when I go in to the installation procedure (Novice) to set up the partitions, it does not see the logical drives in the extended partition. I also tried the Custom option, but that didn't help. I have two drives, one IDE and one SCSI that are partitioned as follows: DISK 1 (IDE) 1. OS/2 Boot Manager 2. DOS (Primary) 3. Extended a. Linux b. Linux swap c. BSD/386 (a5 is the partition ID) DISK 2 (SCSI) 1. DOS (Primary) 2. Extended a. DOS b. DOS c. HPFS d. HPFS I can use OS/2 Boot Manager to boot from DOS, Linux or OS/2. I have space on DISK 1, 3c or DISK 2, 2a to put FreeBSD. However, I can't figure out how to get past the Create Partition part of the installation procedure. I would appreciate any assistance. If this isn't possible, I would also appreciate hearing that too. Depending on the outcome, I think this would be a useful addition to the FAQ. -- Eric