Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 00:29:39 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Jackson <d055633c@dc.seflin.org> To: Mark Szlaga <mszlaga@umdsun2.umd.umich.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing Freebsd on a 1.6GB drive Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9803280040.A4060-0100000@dc.seflin.org.> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980326230201.7391A-100000@umdsun2.umd.umich.edu>
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On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Mark Szlaga wrote: > Greetings, > I am trying to install FreeBSD 3.0-980324-SNAP on a dual P-200MMX system > I am running multiple partitions on a large drive, the total size is 1.6GB. > Linux has the first 709MB + 64MB swap. I plan on installing FreeBSD on the > third and fourth partitions (64MB and 711MB respectively). > > I have LBA set and the c/h/s is 787/63/64. The error that the partition > utility in the install gives me is partition too big. even when I try to > partition the 64MB (cyl 394-496 by linux fdisk) it says partition too big. > > System Stats: > MB: Tyan Tomcat IVD > Proc: 2x P-200MMX > hda: s0 340MB Win95 partition > hdb: s0: 64MB linux swap > s1: 709MB Linux ext2fs > s2: 64MB aimed for FreeBSD Swap > s3: 711MB aimed for FreeBSD filesystem > hdd: ATAPI CD-ROM > Ram: 64MB EDO > > Hopefully this is enough info. I apologize for the linux device names, but > I am not that familiar with FreeBSD yet. (which is why I am setting it up :) > > TIA, > Mark > > Mark Szlaga mszlaga@umd.umich.edu http://www.umd.umich.edu/~mszlaga/ > /dev/hdb5 - 0.5Gb of spinning metal, all alone in the night... > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Try creating the partitions in a different order. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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