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Date:      Fri, 19 Dec 97 18:07:45 cst
From:      none@pen.net
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   installation
Message-ID:  <199712192318.PAA00686@hub.freebsd.org>

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I've used FIPS to partition my HD (815MB Western Digital which is too large
for my computer to recognize without the help of a program); I now have two
DOS formatted partitions on my HD: one 400MB which I am using for DOS, the
other 413MB which I would like to use for FreeBSD.  When I run the FreeBSD
installation program boot disk I find no conflicts with my hardware.  I
choose novice installation and enter the FDISK Partition Editor.  Here I
encounter the following information:

disk name: wd0
disk geometry: 6546 cyls/15 heads/17 sectors: 1669230 sectors

 offset     size      end   name  ptype     desc  subtype  flags
 
      0       17       16      -      6   unused        0
     17  1667169  1667185  wd0s1      1  unknown       85      >
1667186     2062  1669247      -      6   unused        0      >

Unfortunately I have only a rudimentary understanding of this information
and it looks nothing like what I might have expected (ie: two options, one
400MB, the other 413MB).  

I highlight the third item (unused) and select (c)reate.  I accept 2062 as
the size (it won't do anything if I enter something like 413M) and 165 as
the type.  The table now displays:

offset     size      end   name  ptype     desc  subtype  flags
 
      0       17       16      -      6   unused        0
     17  1667169  1667185  wd0s1      1  unknown       85      >
1667186     2044  1669229  wd0s2      3  freebsd      165      C
1669230       18  1669247      -      6   unused        0      >

I've tried highlighting the first item and selecting (c)reate before but
nothing happens.

I (q)uit.  I select bootmgr.  I receive this warning:

disk slice error: chunk 'wd0s2' [1667186..1669229] does not start on a
track boundry.

I choose ok.  I am now in the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor where the following
information is highlighted:

disk: wd0  partition: wd0s2  free: 2044  blocks (0MB)

This isn't looking right at all and I have no idea what to do about it.
Though I'm able to choose the (a)uto defaults for all option at this point
I haven't gone beyond the screen which prompts for my PPP information
because I don't actually understand what has happened in these partition
menus.

Could you please shed some light on this?




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