On 2006-02-23 22:50, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 2/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I bought a new system (it was on sale), it has 180 Gigabytes >> of hard drive. Naturally I want to slice it up, so where can >> I find the documentation on the slice/partition process and >> table. As I recall, I can make 4 hard slices/partitions and >> then I can further break-down 1 (or more of them) to have >> logical slices/partitions. Where can I find documentation on >> the logical slices/partitions and how to use them? Can I boot >> into a ( FreeBSD ) logical slice, and if so, how do I do it? >> (For the 4 hard slices, one uses function keys F1 thru F4 .) >> Has someone already setup the capability of booting into >> logical slices, and if so, where can I get it and its >> documentation? > > From a 40-50 minute excursion into qemu, FreeBSD does not enjoy > linux logical partitions (slices), and I could not get it to > install into one.
Sure it does. They just have slice numbers >= 5. You can't boot from a logical slice though. > Jerry McAllister's advice remains sound. True :) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"