From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 16 19:47:55 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC41E106566B for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:47:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bthcom@higonnet.net) Received: from smtp2-g21.free.fr (smtp2-g21.free.fr [IPv6:2a01:e0c:1:1599::11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A2E8FC20 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:47:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freebsd.higonnet.net (unknown [82.238.41.134]) by smtp2-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C26404B0351 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:47:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.3.201] (higonnet [192.168.3.201]) by freebsd.higonnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 300AD28420 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:54:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4F147EE3.5030807@higonnet.net> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:47:47 +0100 From: Bernard Higonnet User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4F13E3A3.6000406@higonnet.net> <20120116085515.GA1171@tiny> In-Reply-To: <20120116085515.GA1171@tiny> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Difficulties partitioning disk FreeBSD 9.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:47:55 -0000 On 16/01/2012 09:55, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Monday, January 16, 2012 a las 09:45:23AM +0100, Bernard Higonnet escribió: > >> I am trying to install 9.0 on a small notebook on which I have >> previously successfully installed 8.2. >> >> I don't get very far. When defining partitions I have opted for Guided >> and chosen a drive with enough space (3.5GB), Entire disk. I am then >> asked if I'm sure I want to proceed, to which I answer "yes". I am then >> shown the results and invited to "Finish". I'm then warned I will lose >> all my data. I "commit" and get >> ... > > Maybe you could make use of this to install FreeBSD into the entire disk > of a small netbook: > > http://www.unixarea.de/installEeePC.txt > > (it describes 10-CURRENT, but could easy adapted for any other release) ¡Muchissimas grácias! I didn't really follow all of the steps, it looks as if the first two fd commands did it. Bernard Higonnet