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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install Question
Date: 7 Apr 1997 10:04:11 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <1rp6i5.9c3.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com>,
conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes:
> In article <5i4oel$pgq$1@news.usit.net>,
> kashin@usit.net writes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does FreeBSD need to be installed in a primary partition on the first drive
>> or will it be happy to live on the second or higher hard drive on either a
>> primary or logical partition.
>
> My first install of FreeBSD was to a secondary partition on my then
> one-and-only hard drive. Worked fine.
>
> I've since added a second drive, dedicated entirely to FreeBSD. No
> problems there, either.
>
>> I am planning to install FreeBSD soon. I am using System Commander to
>> boot between several OSes. I would like to install FreeBSD on my third
>> hard drive.
>
> I'm not familiar with System Commander, but I don't expect you should have
> any major problems installing FreeBSD on any drive/partition you'd like.
>
> Go for it! :-)
Although, it obviously won't work as a logical drive inside a
secondary DOS partition :)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !