From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 10:25:57 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 51BCB16A419 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:25:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from virgo977virgo@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24D1813C478 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:25:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from virgo977virgo@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1307447waf for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:25:56 -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=Hyh+0t6+NFuunjlYohzmJOhMR1Ez4Pjmn91igTogkJo=; b=lVg3Dv8jR6UAGV9abYaJsdETyuKqFlnEs+oS9VXNmZIHKjZAxjNUh2Ols/0VHsqQhPP2ytrnywWgAoFlrH1KLa8grqnmxWOxSWmk933M03tpC6F7/HCuF/9DAV4l7yRyB27ve2WqBd7xk6mZNGxeIHQh+/VpxNbrCuES2zLh3DA= 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=rnx+mldRKFBkPkZNq26o18+twjKZ422ywX8DeuJz0AtBGsVGb3XefPz66aRc6XU5H+jfc++OFfTFRANxsXJBwTLQJo/CnoUO59g0DcYR7MHr2zmYMpsMiLjX1/u7mX99UqLCfcIgFFnQCe/kQ+0LbJIP/q/V2wv5ajUJE0aDaJ8= Received: by 10.114.37.1 with SMTP id k1mr113135wak.1196159156726; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:25:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.54.11 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:25:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <906f26060711270225s760a1989i6f9f45cf157bfbb6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:25:56 +0100 From: "Stefano Spinucci" To: "Dennis Melentyev" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 10:25:57 -0000 On 11/27/07, Dennis Melentyev wrote: > 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 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