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Date:      Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:35:01 +0200
From:      "Dennis Melentyev" <dennis.melentyev@gmail.com>
To:        "Stefano Spinucci" <virgo977virgo@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installation problems of FreeBSD 7 beta 2 on Dell D610 (multiboot con solaris, linux, winxp)
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Hi!

2007/11/27, Stefano Spinucci <virgo977virgo@gmail.com>:
> I encountered some problems installing FreeBSD 7 beta 2 on my Dell
> D610 laptop, on the original 60 gb hd; the hd is formatted as follows:
> - primary 1, 15 gb, ntfs for Windows XP
> - primary 2, 15 gb, solaris for Open Solaris
> - primary 3, 10 gb, fat32 for FreeBSD
> - extended, 20 gb, 3 partitions for linux
>
> I tried to install FreeBSD many times, but after the geometry error
> (the geometry is however correctly recognized), FDISK doesn't find any
> partition and the space is shown as free, unpartitioned.
>
> I tried to set the partition type for FreeBSD to FAT16, FAT32, FreeBSD
> and I also reformatted the partition many times, but with no success.
>
> have you any idea???

Are you kidding?
If no, just read the handbook. And check the partition type for
FreeBSD. FAT[13][26] is for MustDie.

-- 
Dennis Melentyev



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