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Date:      Sat, 13 Jan 2001 04:06:13 -0800
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        Sujit Manolikar <sujit0@usa.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: help me!!!
Message-ID:  <3A6044B5.638EBB7F@urx.com>
References:  <20010113120137.6716.qmail@nwcst340.netaddress.usa.net>

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Sujit Manolikar wrote:
> 
> hey guys
> 
> i downloaded the FreeBSD Unix 4.X. i have downloaded only bin distribution
> which is minimal.
> 
> but i have a problem. when i prepared the floppies and went into installation
> the installer is showing wrong hard disk space.
> 
> i had 2 BigDOS partitions both 2047 mb then i resized them using presizer and
> created a small partition of 300 mb. but the installer does not detect the
> newly created partition. so i formatted it. i can use it with windows but
> installer is not detecting it. why?

Did you create the small partition as an extended partition. FreeBSD can
use it for data but it can't install to it. It has to have its' own
slice or primary partition.

Kent

> 
> i want to learn ur unix.
> 
> plz mail me as soon as possible
> 
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