FreeBSD X Factor

johnc82 · 2004-03-08T07:28:42

hi.... this how my the partition of my hard drive look like.... Name(label): ad0s1 | ad0s2 | ad0s3 | ad0s4 | - Desc : ext2fs | ext2fs | linux_swap | NFTS | unused subtype : 131 | 131 | 130 | 7 | 0 size : 500MB | 30G | 1G | 25G | 59G As you can see i already had my Linux and win2k pro installed... now i try to install freebsd 5.1.... however when i "create slice" the label should be ad0s5, but somehow it turn out to be "X"... and when i install it give me a msg "unable to find device node for dev/x form dev/..." according to the freebsd expert it take up to 4 partion for the fdisk.... (useless fdisk) so now my problem is how can i still install my freebsd? Thanks

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Started by johnc82 March 06, 2004 12:00 AM

13 comments, last by johnc82 20 years, 8 months ago

aftermath

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March 06, 2004 07:07 PM

This is a bit off topic, but I think that Michalson''s description of why one needs extended partitions is one of the best I have ever seen.

Rate me up.

brassfish89

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March 06, 2004 07:46 PM

quote:
This is a bit off topic, but I think that Michalson''s description of why one needs extended partitions is one of the best I have ever seen.

Agreed. Incidentally, I have the same situation with the outlets in my room (they''re all filled up, and I had to do some rearranging and such with power bars).

johnc82

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March 07, 2004 07:50 AM

well...
we can have up to 4 primary/secondary(extend)partion......

btw why doesn't freebsd support secondary partion?

[edited by - johnc82 on March 7, 2004 12:26:38 PM]

:-)