From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 17:26:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 558CA106566C for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:26:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6BC08FC1A for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:26:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o7JHQmH4028776; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:26:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 10A66BAB7; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:26:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:26:48 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Derek Schwartz Message-ID: <20100819172648.GC29985@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="PHCdUe6m4AxPMzOu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:26:50 -0000 --PHCdUe6m4AxPMzOu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 01:01:08AM -0400, Derek Schwartz wrote: > Hey, I'm trying to install the latest release of FreeBSD on my Dell > Desktop, the computer originally had windows XP, but then the hard > drive was wiped clean. > I tried reconfiguring the geometry of the hard drive by using my Linux > Ubuntu Disk Utility, I changed it to {0-a5} which I heard was for > FreeBSD, but still no luck. Well, 165 or 0xA5 is indeed the system partition ID for FreeBSD. But that h= as nothing to do with the disk geometry (which is cilinders/heads/sectors and which you should _not_ mess with). Read and follow Chapter 2 of the freeBSD handbook;=20 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html Pay attention to =A72.6, Allocating Disk Space. Since you are installing a desktop, I would recommend to create a separate partition (in the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor, _not_ FDISK!) for your /home. T= hat makes it easier to separately back up the OS and your own data. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --PHCdUe6m4AxPMzOu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxtaVcACgkQEnfvsMMhpyU/9ACfcxVs+1Z24zT6p6F0WbwXtW3R A9YAn3UkzlNB1R4iVsRpSRzhNXKB6SOD =f4FH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --PHCdUe6m4AxPMzOu--