diff --git a/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.sgml b/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.sgml index 0d9e3f56d488..10a9bc3bbf2e 100644 --- a/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.sgml +++ b/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.sgml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
- This feature isn't in FreeBSD 2.1 but should be in 2.2. We've - laid all the groundwork for making this happen, now we just need - to do the last 1% of the work involved. + Yes. DOS extended partitions are mapped in at the end of + the other ``slices'' in FreeBSD, e.g. your D: drive might + be /dev/sd0s5, your E: drive /dev/sd0s6, and so on. This + example assumes, of course, that your extended partition is + on SCSI drive 0. For IDE drives, substitute ``wd'' for ``sd'' + and so on. You otherwise mount them exactly like you would + mount any other DOS drive, e.g.: + +
+ mount -t msdos /dev/sd0s5 /dos_d
+
- Not yet! We'd like to add support for this someday, but are
- still lacking anyone to actually do the work. Ongoing work with
- Linux's
+ Not yet, though BSDI has just donated their
if you're interested in joining this effort!
- However, there is a neat utility called ``