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Re: Dos partitions, etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Mon Aug 25 13:54:06 1997
To: Qian Z Wang <qzwang@MIT.EDU>
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:43:26 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:53:50 EDT
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> Hi, I have a machine with both a primary and an extended dos
> partion. I have 3 logical drives on the extended partition. Can I
> install netbsd without destroying the data on the extended patition.
That depends on where you want the NetBSD partition to go on the disk.
NetBSD needs a tagged primary partition to put its data in, and if you
want that partition to be, say, in the middle of the current extended
partition, then you have a bit of a problem. Could you explain more
about your partition setup and where you want the NetBSD partition to
go?
