From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 07:35:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CADB16A420 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:35:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dennis.melentyev@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B8313C45A for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:35:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dennis.melentyev@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so222322anc for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:35:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=FYi9HLYgIRqlue28Eu7IDcvtJcgvppvy+iSsfHdu8cc=; b=if8x4bHU1x2oiIhs8B0hEYJy7l/1tkA3HKJS5zlE3wMRUpPcZfuouTVt4E++nV3hpsQ5xdzw5nusxIXoD5fmWbes+8cjtn55ST8+jJF+MrIKmGRQ3yt5MGN2JI0G4uzi1DmFOu4m85CCB/YDZHRpQTg5aOhJwrnJCdQduMy7Svo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=usyBx4B17tmmvATWzL0gdNN1FX82G2A4SCWnu07Ld3GEWjX0eEl45en03/vJMe61Wp5Lm7BaPvsz3VCsiXNn+pLUd1m9L/xoITuI684m1XmVL6daLYZhLKMMZ3tH3V9MyoQMMjXcVEB2lD1Xx4WlP9zxwvoBhO7rmH2ms7l/lGk= Received: by 10.100.208.11 with SMTP id f11mr5860804ang.1196148901550; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:35:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.36.5 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:35:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:35:01 +0200 From: "Dennis Melentyev" To: "Stefano Spinucci" In-Reply-To: <906f26060711261558j42749f58mf5cd3cf4619a701b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <906f26060711261558j42749f58mf5cd3cf4619a701b@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation problems of FreeBSD 7 beta 2 on Dell D610 (multiboot con solaris, linux, winxp) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:35:02 -0000 Hi! 2007/11/27, Stefano Spinucci : > 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