Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 10:15:43 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> To: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> Cc: Tetsuya Watanabe <tetsuya1@prodigy.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question re: FreeBSD3.2 from a Winodows user Message-ID: <3764BA2F.8E0EC9AB@telspace.alcatel.fr> References: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091408100.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> <000901beb56d$a48142f0$b8809cd1@stralsund> <19990613103403.B255@marder-1>
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Hello, NOTE WELL : you can not install FreeBSD in an extended partition you must make some room for a primary partiton before the extended partition (1GB is quite well for a first install of FreeBSD) - Partition Magic should help you. when installing, you may use an extended partition (if it is FAT) as wd0s5, wd0s6, ... to fetch the distribution files (never used myself, but this is how FreeBSD calls extended partitions) TfH Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 13, 1999 at 12:23:31AM -0700, Tetsuya Watanabe wrote: > > Hello, > > > > First, I apologize for using DOS terms such as primary partiton and "c:." I > > am a windows user. And, thank you in advance. > > > > My plan is to install FreeBSD form s DOS psrtition on an IDE bus. Most of > > the FreeBSD 3.2 Stable distribution was downloaded from cdrom.com to a > > nono-primary DOS partiton. In the primary partition(c:), there is only > > ~90MB free space available. Must all the distribution files go to the > > primary partiton? Or, the files under "/bin" only need to go there? > > > > bin is the minimum distribution required to get a working FreeBSD > system. Once you've got that far you will be able to mount the > "logical drives" in the extended partition (see below about slice > numbering) and then install the rest from the extended partition > (option 6 on the "Choose Installation Media" menu). > > > If files under /bin directory only need to go to the primary partiton, > > that'll be nice because the size of these files amounts to approx. 24MB. Do > > I need to reformat the HDD so that all FreeBSD distribution files fit within > > the primary partition? > > > > No. > > > Also, the first partition (2.5GB) in the extended partition has been NTFS > > formatted. The next two partitions (2GB and 1.5GB) are both FAT16. I plan to > > install FreeBSD on the 1.5GB partiton. > > > > IDE 0/Master --> ibm 6.4GB ATA/33 HDD > > Primary partition/100MB/FAT16 > > Extended partition/2500MB/NTFS > > Extended partition/2000MB/FAT16 > > Extended partition/1500MB/FAT16 <-- FreeBSD is > > to be installed here. > > > > The partition (slice) numbers for "logical drives" *always* start > at 5. So, for your disk, the numbers will be: > > Primary partition/100MB/FAT16 /dev/wd0s1 > Extended partition/2500MB/NTFS /dev/wd0s5 > Extended partition/2000MB/FAT16 /dev/wd0s6 > Extended partition/1500MB/FAT16 /dev/wd0s7 > > Note, fdisk will show the extended partition itself as wd0s2 but > you won't be able to mount it (IIRC the error is "Incorrect > superblock). > > HTH > > > Tetsuya > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov > _______________________________________________________________ > Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK > CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@alcatel.fr> Phone : (+33) 1 46 52 47 23 Home Page : http://perso.cybercable.fr/herbelot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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