Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 12:59:19 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: Ralf Joling <M.Joling@caiw.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install problem Message-ID: <366D9327.4543C9B0@seattleu.edu> References: <000d01be22e7$818ace60$0a01a8c0@spd15>
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You need to may need to repartition your drives to get them to work. First, backup *ALL* of your data. Then use DOS's fdisk to remove all of the Logical drives and the extended partition (FreeBSD needs its own entry in the partition table.) NOTE: You do not need to remove the Primary partition. (I assume you have windows installed as c:\windows) You should now be able to install FreeBSD and give it 2 GB of space, or whatever, then boot back to dos and restore your Extended Partition and Logical Drives. Remember, FreeBSD needs to be installed within the first 1024 cylinders of your hard drive. Unfortunately, I do not know how to check that. Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu P.S. Please don't send HTML messages. > Ralf Joling wrote: > > Dear Sir, > I have a 8.4 GB drive split in 4 partitions with the drive letters C,D,E and > F. > The all accessible via Bill's stuff. > They has been format with win98. > I want to install freebsd version 2.2.5 on drive F. > If start install I see not the 4 drives off 2 GB each in the partition editor. > I see some strange numbers on 4 lines and 2 drive names (ide). > Do I something wrong or is it not possible. > Ralf Joling > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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