Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:25:56 +0100 From: "Stefano Spinucci" <virgo977virgo@gmail.com> To: "Dennis Melentyev" <dennis.melentyev@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation problems of FreeBSD 7 beta 2 on Dell D610 (multiboot con solaris, linux, winxp) Message-ID: <906f26060711270225s760a1989i6f9f45cf157bfbb6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b84edfa10711262335y2ca4e0a4jfefcf55fdebd4a19@mail.gmail.com> References: <906f26060711261558j42749f58mf5cd3cf4619a701b@mail.gmail.com> <b84edfa10711262335y2ca4e0a4jfefcf55fdebd4a19@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/27/07, Dennis Melentyev <dennis.melentyev@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 I'm not kidding. I read the handbook before installing, before writing this emai and now and, correct me if I'm wrong, FDISK should recognize existent primary partitions; then, *inside* FDISK, I can format the primary partiton (for me #3) for FreeBSD. from section 2.6.2 of the Hankbook "The second section [of FDISK] shows the slices that are currently on the disk, where they start and end, how large they are, the name FreeBSD gives them, and their description and sub-type." Then I repeat my question: why FDISK shows my disk (with 3 primary partitions and an extended partition) as a single block of unused space ??? If you have some useful ideas (and not, RTFManual/MailingList is not an useful idea) please reply me. thanks --- Stefano Spinucci
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