Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 21:26:17 +0100 (CET) From: List User <listuser@netspace.net.au> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <199812132026.VAA02685@doorway.home.lan>
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Newsgroups: freebsd.questions Path: root From: george vagner <vagner@infomagic.com> Subject: Re: Still having Install problems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from fla-r1-p1327.cybertrails.com (HELO infomagic.com) (162.42.132.7) by presley.cybertrails.com with SMTP; 13 Dec 1998 20:06:42 -0000 To: "m.joling" <M.Joling> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Private News Host Precedence: bulk Message-ID: <36741C8A.F95CC1AE@infomagic.com> References: <000701be26d1$6c1e54a0$0901a8c0@spd15> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win98; U) Delivered-To: vmailer-questions@freebsd.org X-Uidl: 9c1dae5002a406d1ac34e946c2404dbb X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-questions Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:59:07 GMT windows must be on the first partition of the first drive if you want to use ms windows 95/98. just create a partition using fdisk but do-not create extended partitions or any other ones using fdisk in dos. install your win95/98 as uasual on the first partition. then install freebsd making sure you create another partition for it to reside on. use the installation program to do it and let it suggest the geometry. freebsd needs it own native partition for itself not some microsoft "extended" partition. after all installed install a boot manager on the drive. I suggest OS-BSbeta its on the cd. this has worked perfect for me. I have 3 machines running this way without any problems. > m.joling wrote: > > Dear Sir, > I hav a 8.4 GB harddrive with the following numbers16383/16/63 > My harddrive is empty with a primary space off 8.4 GB > If I boot from floppy to install freebsd version 2.2.5 for the first > time and what must I do. > Must I fillin the disk geometry with those numbers I believe so. > The space for freebsd that I want use is 2000MB or even more > Is that a critical value > I put then a minimum installaton on the freebsd partition. > In the remaining part off 6.4GB I use fdisk (dos) and make there a > primary C drive. > I format it and make him bootable but the bootmanager don't see the > bootable windows drive C. > In a earlier e-mail about this problem talks about the first 1024 > cilinders where I have to install freebsd can you explain to me what > this means. > What do I wrong or is it not possible to install freebsd and windows > on one drive. > > Best Regards > Mans Joling. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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