Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:38:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Peter Horst <peter.horst@gte.net> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Pre-newbie dual-boot Win98/FreeBSD3.2 w/Partition Magic Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908091637420.1164-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLIEBPLAMBNDNAJMNGENCCAAA.peter.horst@gte.net>
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On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Peter Horst wrote:
> I've been attempting to install FreeBSD on a second primary partition (on an
> 8G drive) I created using Partition Magic 4.0. According to the PM
> diagnostics, both OSs are within the first 1024 cylinders. I have installed
> Boot Magic (bundled w/PM). Here's the problem:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You're using PM. :) Don't use PM to create the FreeBSD partitions, just
use it to wrangle the Windoze partitions into shape.
If you have a FreeBSD partition, delete it, then run the install.
Sysinstall will make a slice with the proper parameters.
Doug White
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