Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 13:59:49 -0600 From: "RONALD SNOW" <rsnowman@msn.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: / not accepted Message-ID: <OE8uXI85cfc9tsPa7cM00025e21@hotmail.com>
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------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C17FF0.9A1301A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am trying to do a standard installation on my second hard drive. It was= partitioned with Partition Magic to have an extended partition divided i= nto two logical partitions for Linux. At the end of the drive is 6GB of u= nused space. This is where I want to install FreeBSD 4.4. When I get to the FDISK Partition Editor it shows the extended Linux part= ition and the unused space. I select the unused space and hit 'c' to crea= te the FreeBSD slice. The Value Required window comes up showing the size= of the unused space (5985). I hit enter and the next Value Required wind= ow (Enter type of partition to create) comes up with 165 shown as the val= ue. I hit OK and go back to the FDISK Editor. Now, is it necessary to set= the drive geometry at this point? Or, should I click on Q to finish this= stage? If I click Q, I go to the Install Boot Manager window. I select Install t= he FreeBSD Boot Manager and click OK which takes me to the FreeBSD Diskla= bel Editor. I click on M and get the Value Required window saying "Please= specify a mount point for the partition". When I enter a / it says that = a / is an invalid mount point for a DOS partition. =20 I have printed the installation instructions and I cannot find anything t= o tell me a different procedure. Do I need to format the unused space bef= ore I get to the Disklabel Editor? If so, how should I go about doing it?= =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C17FF0.9A1301A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>I am trying to= do a standard installation on my second hard drive. It was partitioned w= ith Partition Magic to have an extended partition divided into two logica= l partitions for Linux. At the end of the drive is 6GB of unused space. T= his is where I want to install FreeBSD 4.4.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>= When I get to the FDISK Partition Editor it shows the extended Linux part= ition and the unused space. I select the unused space and hit 'c' to crea= te the FreeBSD slice. The Value Required window comes up showing the size= of the unused space (5985). I hit enter and the next Value Required wind= ow (Enter type of partition to create) comes up with 165 shown as the val= ue. I hit OK and go back to the FDISK Editor. Now, is it necessary to set= the drive geometry at this point? Or, should I click on Q to finish this= stage?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If I click Q, I go to the Install Bo= ot Manager window. I select Install the FreeBSD Boot Manager and click OK= which takes me to the FreeBSD Disklabel Editor. I click on M and get the= Value Required window saying "Please specify a mount point for the parti= tion". When I enter a / it says that a / is an invalid mount po= int for a DOS partition. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have printed the= installation instructions and I cannot find anything to tell me a differ= ent procedure. Do I need to format the unused space before I get to the D= isklabel Editor? If so, how should I go about doing it? <BR><BR></DI= V></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C17FF0.9A1301A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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