It sounds like a good idea to me. From what I _think_
I understand, I can make some kind of FreeBSD boot
floppy, and mount some kind of "virtual partition"
containing FreeBSD that is simply a file on my Windows
partition.... how far off-base am I??? If I can do
this some way, what are some steps that a newbie could
follow?
Thanks alot,
Jason
--- Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Mike Bristow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010404 08:02]
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:54:04AM -0700, Alfred
> Perlstein wrote:
> > >
> > > a) use EXT2 as a backing filesystem
> > > b) use a file in EXT2/msdosfs as a backing node
> for a virtual
> > > device:
> > >
>
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=vn&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.2-RELEASE&format=html
> > > and create a filesystem in that.
> >
> > That's a very good idea. Performance would
> probably suck rocks.
> > OTOH, if you suddenly need to install X and so
> need another 200M,
> > growfs (available in -current only) might enable
> you to grow your
> > backing file, then grow the filesystem.
>
> or just make another vn and mount it. :)
>
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