Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
Zhiui Zhang wrote: > On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > If that were possible, it would be trivial to improve the loader to deal > > with that case. The kernel most certainly can mount an extended partition > > as root, however. > > I know this is a minor subject. But Why Linux can be put in an extended > partition while FreeBSD cannot? I can not find anywhere (e.g. > kern/subr_diskslice.c) in the kernel that prevents this and I know LILO > can boot FreeBSD. If it is the problem of booteasy, then we can use other > boot loader. The standard bootblocks (ie. boot2) don't support this at present, nor do our tools like fdisk(8) and the equivalent part of sysinstall; so there's a reasonable amount of work needed to make booting from extended partitions a properly-supported feature. I'll most likely be adding this support in the next few months, though. It hasn't been a priority item as there's been little interest till recently. It should be fairly easy to hack boot2 to get this working in your particular case, if you have the time and inclination. -- Robert Nordier [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a > DOS extended partition. > >>> > >>> Good luck booting it. > >> > >> Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem > >> with being putting into a DOS extended partition? > > > > Loader(8) can't grok it and the kernel can't mount it as root. > > Actually, that's not entirely true. > > The problem with booting is that you cannot mark an extended partition > entry as 'active' (without some nasty, nonstandard hacks). > > If that were possible, it would be trivial to improve the loader to deal > with that case. The kernel most certainly can mount an extended partition > as root, however. I know this is a minor subject. But Why Linux can be put in an extended partition while FreeBSD cannot? I can not find anywhere (e.g. kern/subr_diskslice.c) in the kernel that prevents this and I know LILO can boot FreeBSD. If it is the problem of booteasy, then we can use other boot loader. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. >>> >>> Good luck booting it. >> >> Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem >> with being putting into a DOS extended partition? > > Loader(8) can't grok it and the kernel can't mount it as root. Actually, that's not entirely true. The problem with booting is that you cannot mark an extended partition entry as 'active' (without some nasty, nonstandard hacks). If that were possible, it would be trivial to improve the loader to deal with that case. The kernel most certainly can mount an extended partition as root, however. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Doug White wrote: > > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > > > > > > > I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a > > > DOS extended partition. > > > > Good luck booting it. > > Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem > with being putting into a DOS extended partition? Loader(8) can't grok it and the kernel can't mount it as root. Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
I guess what Doug meant was (at least as far as I've seen in other postings) the current FreeBSD boot loader does not support booting from extended partitions. G'luck, Peter -- This sentence was in the past tense. On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 11:25:35AM -0400, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Doug White wrote: > > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > > > > > > > I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a > > > DOS extended partition. > > > > Good luck booting it. > > Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem > with being putting into a DOS extended partition? First of all, it seems > to me that there is no way to put FreeBSD in an extended partition without > modifying /stand/sysintall. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Doug White wrote: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > > > > I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a > > DOS extended partition. > > Good luck booting it. Do you mean as long as I can boot it, the kernel itself has no problem with being putting into a DOS extended partition? First of all, it seems to me that there is no way to put FreeBSD in an extended partition without modifying /stand/sysintall. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Re: putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Zhiui Zhang wrote: > > I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a > DOS extended partition. Good luck booting it. Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
putting FreeBSD in an extended partition
I am wondering whether there is a good reason for not putting FreeBSD in a DOS extended partition. I have installed four O.S.es on my laptop and know that could be a limitation if FreeBSD can not be put into a DOS extended partition. I do not see any limitations in the boot loader or kernel that prevent this. Thanks for any enlightment. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
