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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:15:32 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Nick P." <sundog2000@excite.com>
To:        simong@desktop-guardian.com
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installation Hang
Message-ID:  <20031111231532.056BC133C8@xmxpita.excite.com>

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>You're problem looks interesting, what version of freebsd are >
>you trying?
4.9

>Have you setup any swap space? if so how much? You can do this >when you setup freebsd's. partitions. How big are the partitions >you've assigned? is there enough space to install what you've >choosen to install?
I allotted like 20 GB for the partition, and I let it automatically set the swap and other partitions within that, and just went with its choices.

>Should you have enough of using freebsd, you should be able to >clear your MBR (Master boot record)/freebsd boot loader by doing >'fdisk /mbr' from a dos boot disk
But will that let me boot to my Windows partition?  Does that not blow away all my partition stuff?

Thanks for the info... still searching though.
-Nick

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